Eight to ten years for possession

I'm living at the state hotel

I guess I learned my lesson

I guess I learned it well

The judge says, "I got no discretion

The law upon that point is clear

Either got to put you up at state expense

Or let you walk away from here

"I see you got a prior conviction

That just about ties my hands

They took away my power of decision

I've got to honor what the law commands

"You were indicted for conspiracy

To obstruct the right of way."

The plea was civil liberty

But it wasn't a judge that day

Chorus

Possession, nine points of the law they say

Possession, take that boy and salt him away

Possession, teach him how to obey

They'd rather let a killer walk the street

Than another damn freak like me

Got a wife and kid on the way

I've never had a nose for crime

Someone passed me a joint one day

And now I'm doing federal time

Got a letter from wife that read

"I just met another man

It ain't that I don't love you, it said

"I hope you understand."

Guess my luck ain't all that bad

Smiling through my tears

Seems that the D.A. knew my dad

Or I might have got 20 years

Killer comes and a killer walks

While I sit rotting here

The scene of the crime is the ballot box

And people who vote from fear

Chorus

2nd chorus

Possession, nine points of the law they say

Possession, take that boy and lock him away

Possession, I've come to understand

They'd rather free a man with some blood on his hands

Than another damn freak like me