[G]Now, pretty baby, I'm [Em]running back home to [C]you
[G]Fresh out the slammer, I [Em]know who my first call will be [C]to (Fresh out the slammer, oh)
[G]Another summer taking cover, [Em]rolling thunder he don't under[C]stand me
[G]Splintered back in winter, silent [Em]dinners, bitter he was with her [C]in dreams
[G]Gray and blue and fights and tunnels [Em]handcuffed to the spell I was under
[C]For just one hour of sunshine
[G]Years of labor, locks and ceilings [Em]in the shade of how he was feeling
[C]But it's gonna be alright, I did my time
[G]Now pretty baby, I'm [Em]running back home to [C]you
[G]Fresh out the slammer, I [Em]know who my first call will be [C]to (Fresh out the slammer, oh)
[G]Camera flashes, welcome bashes [Em]get the matches, toss the ashes [C]off the ledge
As I said [G]in my letters, now that I know [Em]better I will never lose my [C]baby again
[G]My friends tried, but I wouldn't hear it [Em]watch me daily disappearing
[C]For just one glimpse of his smile
[G]All those nights you kept me going [Em]swirled you into all of my poems
[C]Now we're at the starting line, I did my time
[C]Now, pretty baby, I'm [G]running
To the [C]house where you still wait up, and that porch [G]light gleams
To the [Em]one who says I'm the girl of his Ameri[C]can dreams
And no [G]matter what I've done, it wouldn't matter anyway
Ain't no [C]way I'm gonna screw up now that I know what's at stake
[G]Here, at the [Em]park where we used to sit on chil[C]dren's swings
Wea[G]ring imaginary rings
[G]But it's gonna be alright, I [Em]did my time [C]
[G]Fresh out the slammer, I [Em]know who my first call will be [C]to (Fresh out the slammer, oh)
[G]Another summer taking cover, [Em]rolling thunder he don't under[C]stand me
[G]Splintered back in winter, silent [Em]dinners, bitter he was with her [C]in dreams
[G]Gray and blue and fights and tunnels [Em]handcuffed to the spell I was under
[C]For just one hour of sunshine
[G]Years of labor, locks and ceilings [Em]in the shade of how he was feeling
[C]But it's gonna be alright, I did my time
[G]Now pretty baby, I'm [Em]running back home to [C]you
[G]Fresh out the slammer, I [Em]know who my first call will be [C]to (Fresh out the slammer, oh)
[G]Camera flashes, welcome bashes [Em]get the matches, toss the ashes [C]off the ledge
As I said [G]in my letters, now that I know [Em]better I will never lose my [C]baby again
[G]My friends tried, but I wouldn't hear it [Em]watch me daily disappearing
[C]For just one glimpse of his smile
[G]All those nights you kept me going [Em]swirled you into all of my poems
[C]Now we're at the starting line, I did my time
[C]Now, pretty baby, I'm [G]running
To the [C]house where you still wait up, and that porch [G]light gleams
To the [Em]one who says I'm the girl of his Ameri[C]can dreams
And no [G]matter what I've done, it wouldn't matter anyway
Ain't no [C]way I'm gonna screw up now that I know what's at stake
[G]Here, at the [Em]park where we used to sit on chil[C]dren's swings
Wea[G]ring imaginary rings
[G]But it's gonna be alright, I [Em]did my time [C]
