Son of a Prison Guard

[Verse 1] There was a mountain on the table of bills that needed pay Dishes in the kitchen sink, like dreams that never fade A wild imagination, convicts in the yard Never enough time to make ends meet So they put it on a credit card, don't we all? [Verse 2] You may not know just where you came from but once upon a time There was a carpenter, a bartender, a broken fishing line Just south of royalty in the town that I came from There were architects and astronauts But the only one she loved was a prison guard [Refrain] And that's the only time I ever saw true love [Chorus 1] America's a girl I liked in Georgia London kept me warm up in Eugene I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start Cause finding love for me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard [Verse 3] There's a gate that needed painting, clothes that needed clean They'd say there's time enough for that when the fun has all been seen Cause when we're laying on our death bed, a promise we won't say Wish we would have worked more, baby Instead of loving you that way, no way [Refrain] [Chorus 2] Sigourney is a girl I met in Brooklyn Paris got me close in New Orleans I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start Cause finding love for me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard [Bridge] I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are, whoever you are I go wherever you are [Chorus 3] Betty is a girl I knew in Charlotte Jordan left for Sydney yesterday I guess my mother bless her heart Set the bar too high to start Cause finding love for me is just too hard For a son of a prison guard