Number 37405

Album: Two Lanes of Freedom (2013)
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  • Oh, he listens to the countdown, every Sunday morning
    From a cold solitary prison cell
    And the music from his radio is like freedom down a dirt toad
    Makes that eight by ten a brighter hill

    Before he started doing all the hard time that he's doing
    He was singing in them honky-tonks and dives
    He dreamed of being somebody, now he's number 37405

    Well she used to come and see him, every other weekend
    And bring him all the news from way back home
    It's been two birthdays since he's kissed her,
    Five seconds since he's missed her
    Now the perfume on those letters ain't that strong

    He's got too much time to think about the night he had too much to drink
    And all his buddies, they begged him not to drive
    Mr. Life of the Party, he's now number 37405

    Old judge on the bench said, "Son, your crime's got consequences."
    It's what he told him, fifteen years ago
    He took a life and that's a fact, he'd give his own to give it back
    Today's the day he finally gets parole

    He turns in them prison clothes, and stands there at the forkin' road
    And mama prays and waits while he decides
    And the angels close their eyes

    Listens to the birds sing on a perfect autumn morning
    Just down the road, rings an old church bell Writer/s: TOM DOUGLAS, TROY JONES
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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