[Intro]   Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 [Verse 1] Got out of prison back in ’86 and I found me a wife I walked the clean and narrow Just tryin’ to stay out and stay alive Got a job at the rendering factory it ain’t gonna make me rich In the darkness before dinner comes Sometimes I can feel the itch [Chorus] I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line I’m sick of doin straight time                             [Verse 2] My uncles at the evenin’ table makes his living runnin’ hot cars Slips me a hundred dollar bill says "Charlie you best remember who your friends are." [Chorus] I got a cold mind to go tripping across that thin line I ain’t makin’ straight time                              [Bridge] Eight years in it feels like you’re gonna die But you get used to anything Sooner or later it becomes your life [Verse 3] Kitchen floor in the evening tossin’ my little babies high Mary’s smilin’ but she watches me Out of the corner of her eye [Verse 4] Seems you can’t get any more than half free I step out onto the front porch And suck the cold air deep inside of me    [Chorus] Got a cold mind to go tripping cross that thin line I’m sick of doin’ straight time                             [Bridge] In the basement huntin’ gun and a hacksaw Sip a beer and thirteen inches Of barrel drop to the floor [Verse 5] Come home in the evening can’t get the smell from my hands Lay my head down on the pillow And go driftin’ off into foreign lands [Outro]   Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2