and as i got off the train way down in new orleans
i grabbed my hat
i put on my coat
reached for my spliff
yeah
i had myself a little smoke
yeah
i was sentenced
living in detention
sentenced
living in detention
and now i'm locked up in jail
i spend my days in a cold dark prison cell
i rest alone
i watch myself grow old
and i don't deserve this
i just want to go home
i was sentenced
living in detention
sentenced
living in detention
i should have known when i shot the man dead
there would be a bounty
a bounty for my head
yeah
well i don't care that that young mans dead
i'm just missing one thing
a good spliff to my head
i've been talking in my sleep
i've been waking in my dreams
i've been living in the past
my good old faith is dead
i was sentenced
living in detention
sentenced
living in detention
i was sentenced
living in detention
sentenced
living in detention