Life to go

[pedro]

I've got a sad, sad story friends, that I I don't like to tell
I had a home and family, when they locked me in this cell
I've been in here eighteen years that's a long time I know
But time don't mean a thing to me 'cause I've got life to go.

I went one night where the lights were bright to see what I could see
I met up with an old friend there, who's thought the world of me
He brought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk in town
But words were said and now he's dead, I just had to bring him down.

It has been a long time now since I've heard from my wife
I guess I'd be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
I'll bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years and still got life to go.

I'll bet there's not one man outside that's spent this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison till my body's just a shell
I can't be free to go and see the ones that I love so
Yes, I've been in here eighteen years I've still got life to go.

Yes, I've still got life to go.
Yes, I've still got life to go...

Artist  George Jones

Matthew 15:10-20 (American Standard Version)

 10 And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

 11 Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

 12 Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?

 13 But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

 14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

 15 And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

 16 And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

 17 Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

 18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

 20 these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

Luke 12:1-5 (American Standard Version) Luke 12

 1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

 2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

 3 Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.