THE NIGHT I GOT OUT OF JAIL

Five long years I've been locked up

I feel like a dog with an iron bone

Been surrounded by love life

Half the time I've been half alone

I've been keeping alive through dreaming

And reading your mail

I come looking for what you promised, baby

The night I got out of jail

Five long days I've been workin'

Cutting the bars of another life

Stealing keys to the midnight

Killing time with a butcher knife

If I got myself out of prison

You said we couldn't fail

I come looking for you on the roadway, honey

The night I got out of jail

Here comes Saturday evening

I'm all ready to make my move

Everybody is sleeping

I put it away and I'm in the groove

If I get myself caught in the parlor

I get a ride out of town on a rail

So I busted out through the window, honey

The night I got out of jail

Now I find myself running

Leaving behind me the hue and cry

Feeling some reservations

I'm feeling alone and I don't know why

I came looking but you were long gone

And I'm watching the night turn pale

I think you left me to suffer freedom, baby

The night I got out of jail

Copyright 1971 Aram Schefrin and Michael Zager