(intro)
I ve been in jail eleven years and parole has just come through,
the gates will soon swing open wide but I m not going through.
Jail s the only home I know or care to know about,
please let me stay where I belong, please don t let me out.!
How could I tell those friends of mine they ve seen the last of me,
can t I make you understand I never can be free ?
Cause that s a big unfriendly world and I don t know the route
that leads to where I may belong, please don t let me out!
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I had to learn to get along without a lot of things,
and I had to learn to live with the loneliness confinement brings.
And I learnt to take no mail from home or whatever came about,
now I m dug in and I m happy here, please don t let me out!
How could I tell those friends of mine they ve seen the last of me,
can t I make you understand I never can be free ?
Cause that s a big unfriendly world and I don t know the route
that leads to where I may belong, please don t let me out!
Yes, that s a big unfriendly world and I don t know the route
that leads to where I may belong, please don t let me out!
