Shot Full of Holes

He's twenty one and jealous of the shadow outside the fence
 Got a bible from his cellmate he's searching for a second chance
 Hopes than he can make it outside before his little girl learns to talk
 Hopes he can get it all figured out before the judge says that he can walk
 Chorus:
 Cause it's hotwired, too tired from being who he's been
 Car theft, what's left he ain't ever going back again
 He ain't never going back to tie himself to the whipping pole
 His American dream's like the county line sign that he shot full of holes
 And two to four don't seem like much till you're stuck in an eight by ten
 He felt guilty damn near all his life and much more now than then
 He wrote a letter to Jesus last night and he nailed it up to the cross
 Yeah he's free in his heart but at night in the dark, you know the man he's still the boss
 Chorus
 He walked through the gate last Thursday and headed on into town
 What did he see but a Cadillac there with all it's windows down
 Chorus 2:
 And it's broke down, hands bound and it's back to who he was
 No change it seems strange, it ain't ever been push or shove
 And now he's going back to tie himself to the whipping pole
 And his American dream the county sign that he shot full of holes