Spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars
Ain´t doin´ hard time, but the times get hard
Didn´t come wearin´ cuffs in the back of some car
No judge, no jury ever put me here

Got a story to tell ya
A bunch of songs and there ain´t nothin´ ´bout no rock ´n´ roll
Sold my soul to the devil
A pocketful of songs for a handful of gold, uh-huh
That was the day that everything changed

Spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars
Ain´t doin´ hard time, but the times get hard
Didn´t come wearin´ cuffs in the back of some car
No judge, no jury ever put me here
Still payin´ this price for the life I chose
Once you got a record, guess it´s how it goes
Still servin´ my sentence with this old guitar
Spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars

Done a few nights locked up in county

Did the time, paid the fine, then they let me go
But this ain´t that kind of party
No jail, no bail, and hell, no parole

Spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars
Ain´t doin´ hard time, but the times get hard
Didn´t come wearin´ cuffs in the back of some car
No judge, no jury ever put me here
Still payin´ this price for the life I chose
Once you got a record, guess it´s how it goes
Still servin´ my sentence with this old guitar
Spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars

Spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars
Ain´t doin´ hard time, but the times get hard
Didn´t come wearin´ cuffs in the back of some car
No judge, no jury ever put me here
Still payin´ this price for the life I chose

Once you got a record, guess it´s how it goes
Still servin´ my sentence with this old guitar
Spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars
Still spendin´ my time livin´ life behind bars