[D]Now, pretty baby, I'm [A]running back home to you[G]
[D]Fresh out the slammer, I [A]know who my first call will be [G]to
[G](Fresh out the slammer, oh)
[D]Another summer taking cover, [A]rolling thunder
He don't under[G]stand me
[D]Splintered back in winter, silent [A]dinners, bitter
He was with her [G]in dreams
[D]Gray and blue and fights and tunnels
[A]Handcuffed to the spell I was under
[G]For just one hour of sunshine
[D]Years of labor, locks and ceilings
[A]In the shade of how he was feeling
[G]But it's gonna be alright, I did my time
[D]Now pretty baby, I'm [A]running back home to [G]you
[D]Fresh out the slammer, I [A]know who my first call will be [G]to
[G](Fresh out the slammer, oh)
[D]Camera flashes, welcome bashes
[A]Get the matches, toss the ashes [G]off the ledge
[D]As I said in my letters, now that I know [A]better
I will never lose my [G]baby again
[D]My friends tried, but I wouldn't hear it
[A]Watch me daily disappearing
[G]For just one glimpse of his smile
[D]All those nights you kept me going
[A]Swirled you into all of my poems
[G]Now we're at the starting line, I did my time
[D]Now, pretty baby, I'm running
To the [D]house where you still wait up, and that porch light gleams
To the [D]one who says I'm the girl of his American dreams
And no [D]matter what I've done, it wouldn't matter anyway
Ain't no [D]way I'm gonna screw up now that I know what's at stake
[D]Here, at the park where we used to sit on children's swings
[D]Wearing imaginary rings
[D]But it's gonna be alright, I did my time
