08-06-2015, 05:17 AM
Doin Time
I retired after 40 years guardin at San Quentin.
Mostly 12 hour shifts to send the boys to college,
have a nice house, and nice cars. A lotta good that done.
My wife run off 15 years ago with a fuckin ex-con.
One of my boys died of a meth OD last year. The other
just finished an on-line degree in abnormal psychology,
at Leavenworth. He’ll be spending the rest of his life
behind bars figurin out why he killed those three women.
Most days now l stop on by to visit some guys on D block.
Nobody visits most of ‘em, so I figured I might's well.
I got me enough saved up to get ‘em presents at birthdays
and Christmas, and I can help out a few once they get sprung.
At night, when I dream, I’m still walking them blocks,
doing night checks. After 40 years, including the dreams,
I figure I spent a million hours doin time. But, hell, it's all good.
The only hard time I really done was on the outside.
I retired after 40 years guardin at San Quentin.
Mostly 12 hour shifts to send the boys to college,
have a nice house, and nice cars. A lotta good that done.
My wife run off 15 years ago with a fuckin ex-con.
One of my boys died of a meth OD last year. The other
just finished an on-line degree in abnormal psychology,
at Leavenworth. He’ll be spending the rest of his life
behind bars figurin out why he killed those three women.
Most days now l stop on by to visit some guys on D block.
Nobody visits most of ‘em, so I figured I might's well.
I got me enough saved up to get ‘em presents at birthdays
and Christmas, and I can help out a few once they get sprung.
At night, when I dream, I’m still walking them blocks,
doing night checks. After 40 years, including the dreams,
I figure I spent a million hours doin time. But, hell, it's all good.
The only hard time I really done was on the outside.