Nothing That I Miss
I grew up on the right side
Of the wrong side of the tracks
I hit the ground running
With no thought of looking back
First I ran from town to town
Then from pen to pen
Caught up in an endless game
There is no way to win
Then on day while I was banging
My head against the wall
I realized the only way to win
Don’t play the game at all
Today that seems so long
Though it was just the other day
That my beloved lab and I
Had to go our separate ways
Some days when I’m alone
I can hear it call
As every vein in my body
Suddenly starts to crawl
My demons have been many
As I walk with my ghost
Friends that I knew and loved
Gave their lives to the host
As I look into the mirror
At my tattoo brands
Reminders of the other day
When I was a different man
On the right side of my chest
Is my gangster patch
In the world of prison gangs
B.C.G. is hard to match
A break off from the brotherhood
It’s an assassin’s brand
And every time I look at it
I wonder, “Am I forever damned”
I guess it’s neither hear nor there
It simply is my past
And I beat it down everyday
To make my future last
It’s all about “just one more day”
One second at a time
As the battle rages on
Up in this heart of mine
“Just one more day” has worked for me
As I lace up my shoes
It’s been one thousand one hundred seventy one
Since I last wore prison blues
The trials have been many
It’s hard to conquer fate
When you do know it’s true
Inside you do feel great
And about my crawling veins
Just one thing to say
Once again I used my pen
To write them away
I think now I’ll go inside
Give my wife a kiss
Answer the question she ask of me
Nothing of that life that I miss
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