Weekender

I went down to the county jail And turned myself in Spending all my weekends here Far from my good-timing friends Things just went from bad to worse But I don't know when The only thing I know for sure Is I ain't going back again They took me down to cellblock B After stripping off my clothes Put me in a monkey suit And threw me in the throes Like a rat in a maze A cow in the herd Or a sparrow with a broken wing Now I know the reason why The caged bird has to sing 'Cause I'm just a weekender In the Davidson County Jail And my old man, he ain't got the cash To even go my bail Should have listened to my mama And quit my life of sin Before I went backsliding again This bed is hard and the room is cold And my cellmate's got a cough She takes her meds and sleeps all day Got six more weeks til she's off She said she beat her boyfriend up While high on crack cocaine And now she sits and watches Her life go down the drain 'Cause she's just a weekender In the Davidson County Jail Her old man ain't got the cash To even go her bail She should have listened to her mama And quit her life of sin Before she went backsliding again Walk into some other room They tried to make me eat Red-dyed gravy, cardboard bread And something that looked like meat One tough girl from cellblock C Picked a fight with the man at the desk Mighty soon was sent back to her room And I bet you know the rest 'Cause we're all just weekenders In the Davidson County Jail My old man ain't got the cash To even call my bail Should have listened to the good Lord Maybe quit my life of sin Before I went backsliding again Before I went backsliding again