[Verse 1]

You were caught in the act of sniffing glue

And you just keep getting high now so what can I do?

The jail man took me away

On what would have been our wedding day

I'm all lost out here at the bar

Playing guitar, living out of my car

There's no more glue, but I'll see you


[Chorus]

I'm just a jailbird (for your love)

I'm just a jailbird honey

Marking years on the wall

I got some sniffing to do

To get as high as you


[Verse 2]

We snuck rubber cement into the fair

We rode all the rides, but you wanted to fly

So you jumped off into the air

The neon lights and cotton candy skies

Couldn't bring you down from those highs


[Pre-Chorus]

Oh now, you're so sad, oh girl

I see you talking to a squirrel

Kissing it's lips, why not mine?

So kiss me please!


[Chorus]

I'm just a jailbird (for your love)

I'm just a jailbird honey

Marking years on the wall

I got some sniffing to do

To get as high as you


[Pre-Chorus]

When the jailer man takes me away

I won't cry, I'll just obey

Oh now, you're so sad, oh girl

I see you on the Tilt-a-Whirl

Kissing his lips, why not mine?

So kiss me please!


[Chorus]

I'm just a jailbird (for your love)

I'm just a jailbird honey

Marking years on the wall

I got some sniffing to do

To get as high as you