My brother went to prison
He´s in Kingston doin´ time
He got seven years for sellin´
What I´ve been smokin´ all my life

Time off for good behavior
But the boy don´t feel too good
Locked behind those steel bars
I don´t know if he should
Yeh a few years ago they called me
Back home to get a big award
They also called my brother
But they made him say "My Lord"
They locked me up in a Hall of Fame
And threw away the keys
But when they put my brother away
It really did somethin´ to me
Now I´m guilty as hell for sayin´
"Boy you better go back home"
You know you´ll
get a fair shake there
We´re running all alone
When he called me up

from the border
With the Mounties on his tail
I said go back to Canada
We can raise the bail
Now I get these letters
From a cell with no TV
He says he´s outside one hour
And inside twenty three
Time off for good behavior
But the boy don´t feel too good
Locked behind those steel bars
I don´t know if he should
Now I´m guilty as hell for sayin´
"Boy you better go back home"
You know you´ll
get a fair shake there
We´re running all alone
When he called me up

from the border
With the Mounties on his tail
I said go back to Canada
We can raise the bail
My brother went to prison
He´s in Kingston doin´ time
He got seven years for sellin´
What I´ve been smokin´ all my life