Prison

Mommy and daddy had a lock and key

So she went over the wall and she was finally free

She wants to know

"Why did the TV tell the lies it lied to me?"

I said, "I know, I know, I know"

You've earned your right to breathe

Don't give it up

That's why you have to leave, you know your number's up

Emptied her pockets on an ugly road

Why did nothing grow when the seeds were sown?

And

Why did the water turn the soil into mud?

Big plans, fat chance, small minds

They took it all away

And won't give it back

Now you have to stay, I told you so's attack

Was it fate or dumb mistakes that made things like they are?

Ooh, and did she have a choice?

Ragged shoes on wet cement, she's talking to the king

Only the peasant hears her voice, it's noise

And when she hides her eyes

She's sure that no one sees her

Standing by the garbage cans

Finally alone

And when she shuts her mouth

She's sure that no one hears her screaming

At all of those who say she can't go back

To prison

Can't see his face, only yellow teeth

Chewing on his tongue splitting easy money

Oh what an ugly man

He thinks he's beautiful

What's next, who knows, who cares?

Is it an even trade, her time, his cash?

Decisions being made

While treasures turn to trash

And what is the value of a fine young mind

When you just can't see what you left behind?

And why did her parents lie?

They lied and lied and lied and lied

They said, "You'll see what's right, you'll see"

But you can only see what's wrong

From below what's right

Will she be there for long, not without a fight?

And when she hides her eyes

She's sure that no one sees her

Standing by the garbage cans

Finally alone

And when she shuts her mouth

She's sure that no one hears her screaming

At all of those who say she can't go back

To prison

When she hides her eyes

When she hides her eyes

She's in prison