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Miles City

I’m on my way to miles city
To see my youngest son
He got into some trouble there
Now there’s not much that can be done
I’m not sure when I’ll get the chance
To see him one more time
But we’ll do this time together, baby
& meet somewhere down the line

That boy could throw a rock & he’d hit trouble in the head
Nothing ever comes from nothing

One day out of 365
To see him once a year & think I’ve known him all his life
If I could do it all again I’d change some things I’m sure
Take the time to keep my baby clean
To keep my baby pure

We moved out of the city
To a cleaner neighborhood
You can take the boy out of the gang
But the gang in him still stood
I’m not sure why he thinks he has to fight
Or what he’s fighting for
But there’s nothing inside this young mother that can unlock those iron steel bar doors

One day out of 365
To see him once a year & think I’ve known him all his life
If I could do it all again I’d change some things I’m sure
Take the time to keep my baby clean
To keep my baby pure

He’s not allowed to leave this place
I must go inside his hell
Now I work my life to give him a warm safe bed
& he’s living in this 8x10 foot cell
that’s not enough room to set his spirit free
even though they got their claims on his body
I guess this is not for this young mother to see

One day out of 365
To see him once a year & think I’ve known him all his life
If I could do it all again I’d change some things I’m sure
Take the time to keep my baby clean, To keep my baby pure

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from New Dog, Old Tricks (2008), released June 1, 2008

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