Lyrics:

Oooh-aah!

Jessica ran with the man next door
Escaped in a fast black car
She left a hole when she took my heart
But they didn't get too far
She died real clean along with him
Cold in the midnight rain
And I sit alone in this small, dark cell
Wishin' I was home again

Next to me in cell block three
A man sits head hung down
He robbed a bank, had an empty tank
Ran out on the poor side of town
They hemmed him in, and he fought like Flynn
And it caused him a lot of pain
Now he sits alone in his small, dark cell
Wishin' he was home again

Every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
I said every mothers son
Fought with the law and it ain't no fun
I said every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
I said every mothers son
Fought with the law and it ain't no, ain't no
Ain't no fun

(Listen!)

All of us here, just livin' with fear
Awaitin' for our time to come
With the man in black, there's no goin' back
There's just no place to run
So far away, yet right next door
A man's got a dozen friends
And we sit alone in our small dark cells
Wishin' we were home again
(Let me hear ya!)

Every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
I said every mothers son
Fought with the law and it ain't no fun
I said every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
I said every mothers son
Fought with the law and it ain't no, ain't no
Ain't no fun

Now you're gonna die, take a soul and learn to fly
Life is neither loss or gain, never more you feel the pain
You have to see the sad and lonely people you have known
And you sit alone in your small dark cell
Wishin' you were home again

(Hear me!)

Every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
I said every mothers son
Fought with the law and ah-ahh
Every mother's son (Listen!)
Fought with the law and the law has won
I said every mothers son
Fought with the law and it ain't no fun

Every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
I said every mothers son
Fought with the law and it ain't no fun
Every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
Every mother's son
Fought with the law and it ain't no fun

Every mother's son
Fought with the law and the law has won
Every mother's son