D                 A              
I've got a sad sad story friends
      G               D
that I don't like to tell,
 D               A                 
I had a wife and family 
           G              D 
when they locked me in a cell,
   G               A                             
I've been in here eighteen years, 
          G                D  
That's a long, long time I know,
  D                    A                             
But time don't mean a thing to me, 
       G                D 
'cause I've got life to go.

Well I went one night 
where the lights were bright
just to see what I could see,
I met up with an old friend 
who just thought the world of me,
Well he bought me drinks and took me to 
every honky tonk in town,
Words were said, and now he's dead, 
I just had to bring him down.

Well it's been a long long time now, 
since I've heard from my wife,
I know I'd be there with her yet
 if I hadn't used that knife,
Well I bet that little girl of mine 
don't realize or know,
Her Daddie's been here eighteen years,
 and still got life to go.

Well I'll bet there's not one man outside 
who's spent this long in jail.
I'll be in this old prison
till my body's just a shell.
I can't be free to go and see
the ones that I love so.
I've been in her eighteen years
and still got life to go.

Yes I still got life to go.
Yes I still got life to go.


[Thanks to kennywho for corrections]