Eight to ten years for possession,
I'm living at the state hotel
I guess I learned my lesson
I guess I learned it well
The judge says, "I got no discretion
The law upon that point is clear
Either got to put you up at state expense
Or let you walk away from here
"I see you got a prior conviction
That just about ties my hands
They took away my power of decision
I've got to honor what the law commands
"You were indicted for conspiracy
to obstruct the right of way"
The plea was civil liberty,
But it wasn't a judge that day
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Possession, nine points of the law they say
Possession, take that boy and salt him away
Possession, teach him how to obey
They'd rather let a killer walk the street,
Than another damn freak like me
Got a wife and kid on the way
I've never had a nose for crime
Someone passed me a joint one day,
And now I'm doing federal time
Got a letter from wife that read,
"I just met another man
It ain't that I don't love you, it said
"I hope you understand"
Guess my luck ain't all that bad,
Smiling through my tears
Seems that the DA knew my dad
Or I might have got 20 years
Killer comes and a killer walks,
While I sit rotting here
The scene of the crime is the ballot box,
And people who vote from fear
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Possession, nine points of the law they say
Possession, take that boy and lock him away
Possession, I've come to understand
They'd rather free a man with some blood on his hands,
Than another damn freak like me