PRISONERS

          Words & Music by John Denver

Jose works the counter at the downtown five and dime
Anything at all to help her pass the time
Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on
About the good times playing in his mind

   It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
   It's a long night sleepin' alone
   It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
   It's a long, long way home

Jose spends the evening with the people in the pages
Of the paperback she picked up at the store
Or sometimes it's the TV or she'll try to write a letter
But they don't come too often anymore

   It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
   It's a long night sleepin' alone
   It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
   It's a long, long way home

      And I stare at the gray walls before me
      And I see her face in the stone
      And I try to imagine our baby
      And I wish they would let me go home
      And I wish they would let me go home
      And I wish they would let me go home

   It's a hard life livin' when you're lonely
      And I wish they would let me go home
   It's a long night sleepin' alone
      And I wish they would let me go home
   It's a hard time waitin' for tomorrow
      And I wish they would let me go home
   It's a long, long way home
      And I wish they would let me go home
   It's a long, long way home
      And I wish they would let me go home
   Bring me and the other boys home
      And I wish they would let me go home
   Bring me and the other boys home
      And I wish they would let me go home
   Bring me and the other boys home



Copyright 1972 by Cherry Lane Music
From the John Denver album "Rocky Mountain High"