G C D Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down G C D I didn't like the odds that I would last that long G C D They turned their backs and I was gone gone gone G C D Just turned 18 and I'm lookin at some real hard time G C D Now I'm seeing things in my rearview mirror G D G Now it's just me and these white lines CHORUS D G Lord only knows where I'm goin D C Can't remember the places I've been D C G D G Tell me if I'll ever make it home again whoa-o home again Apart from these troubles mother's all I leave behind Says I remind her of my father but hell if I know He left town when I was 3 years old She did the best she could I can't help but feel I'm doin her wrong She'll be much better off now that I'm gone I don't much feel like hangin around Chorus D G I can't believe how bright the stars are shinin' D G C And I can't recall the last time I looked into the sky D G C And it seems to me if I can make it cross the county line D C Maybe my life will turn out fine G C D Ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down