And the grave gonna be your home
While the wardens hold you down
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
Don't you hear him anymore?
Who is running from the law
Don't you hear him anymore?
Now I am never gonna sin again
Saying, "Lord you gotta help me
Are you blind to the winds of change?
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend"
Have mercy on the criminal
With the hound pack in full cry
Saying, "Lord you gotta help me
Take these chains from around my legs
Take these chains from around my legs
Now I am never gonna sin again
And I guess they're out to kill
Saying, "Lord you gotta help me
Take these chains from around my legs
Have mercy on the criminal
Have mercy on the criminal
And mother in his eyes
Are you blind to the winds of change?
Are you blind to the winds of change?
Oh it turns your heart to stone
Who is running from the law
Chasing some poor criminal
Taking in the face of a rifle butt
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend"
Don't you hear him anymore?
Now I am never gonna sin again
Who is running from the law
Oh there must be shackles on his feet
Stumbling through the Devil dark
You jump the wall and the dogs run free
And you've never seen a friend in years
While you lie on a cold damp ground?
