I was a man who couldn't sleep at night

I had four mouths to feed, it was soon to be five

All I had to do was wait in the car and drive

But now I'm spending time down at the ACI, the

ACI, ACI, I'ma

Spending time down at the ACI

Precious life has gone and passed me by while I've been

Spending time down at the ACI

Stolen car, stolen plates

New paint job on an old Eighty-Eight

Couldn't blend into the wild of a traffic jam

Shots fired out by Eagle Square

I got mixed up around seventeen

Boosting cars with Jackie McGhee

We'd take 'em down to an uncle of his

Should have gone to trade school, now I'm scrubbing dishes at the

ACI, ACI

I'ma spending time down at the ACI

Precious life has gone and passed me by

While I've been spending time down at the ACI

Tried going straight and I just couldn't hack it

I'd find myself at the greyhound track

But I'd rather be buried under a mountain of debt

Than see Jackie laid out with a hole in his chest

My youngest was born after my arraignment

When bail was set, but nobody paid it

Least some of my kids, they still pick up their phone

When they get a collect call from the place I call home, the

ACI, ACI

I'ma spending time down at the ACI

Precious life has gone and passed me by

While I've been spending time down at the ACI

I loved that feeling of getting away with something

You couldn't wipe the smile from my face

But I'm just one of many disposable playthings

Another fool will come along and take my place

It's been a few months since the kids came by

To see their old man and just say, "Hi"

It's been much longer since I've talked to their mother

Well, Jackie's gone and I ain't getting any younger at the

ACI, ACI

I'ma spending time down at the ACI

Precious life has gone and passed me by

While I've been spending time down at the ACI, the

ACI, ACI

I'ma spending time down at the ACI

Precious life has gone and passed me by

While I've been spending time down at the ACI

ACI, ACI

Breaking rocks down at the ACI

ACI, ACI

Trying to pick the locks down at the ACI

ACI, ACI

I'ma spending time down at the ACI

Precious life has gone and—