Ex-Con - Larkin Poe

Don’t talk crooked, honey, walk the straight and narrow

My mama tried to teach me the rules

She said: «If Jesus himself keeps his eye upon the sparrow

Then surely he is watching you too»

Twenty-one years young, I rolled to hell’s half acre

I really got to kicking up ground

I was a mover and a shaker, a mean heartbreaker

Now it’s all coming back around

Tell ya it’s a hard living

Broke down on the highway

Burned out in an ashtray

Hard living

Empty as a bottle

Right down to the bottom

It’s a hard living

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya

To ex-con little old me

Tangled and torn, I was trapped like a rabbit

Thought the only crime was getting caught

Now that I’m dressed in stripes, me and all my bad habits

We got the time to give it some thought

Living in the past has been a full-time occupation

I’ve got a thing for talking to ghosts

Never moving on can take an awful lot of patience

And I’m a girl who’s had the most

Tell ya it’s a hard living

Broke down on the highway

Burned out in an ashtray

Hard living

Empty as a bottle

Right down to the bottom

It’s a hard living

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya

To ex-con little old me

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya

To ex-con little old me

Armed robbery and a high-speed chase

The late night TV news anchors loved my face

I served my time but now the time has come

For me to get back in my mama’s good grace

It’s a hard living

It’s a hard living

Tell ya it’s a hard living

Tell ya it’s a hard living

Tell ya it’s a hard living

Broke down on the highway

Burned out in an ashtray

Hard living

Empty as a bottle

Right down to the bottom

It’s a hard living

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya

To ex-con little old me

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya

To ex-con little old me