Lyrics:

Well, my name is Annie
I'm about your daughter's age
I'm happy with my living, earning minimum wage
Last year I had a baby
Love him with all I got
But the bills, they became too much, so I moved a little pot
Now I'm an ex-patriot in my home town
And I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down
And I only pray that you fare better
I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter
And time goes slow here
From behind these bars
But I'm not so far away that I can't hear the cars
Driving down the freeway
Wishing one of them could give
Me that short ride downtown where my little boy lives
But I'm an ex-patriot in my home town
And I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down
And I only pray that you fare better
I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter

And I'm an ex-patriot in my home town
And I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down
And I only pray that you fare better
I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter
And I don't want you
To feel sorry for me
And I ain't on bended knees for your sympathy
I knew it wasn't legal
But was it really so wrong
To justify locking me up here for so damn long?
Well, I'm an ex-patriot in my home town
I can't even vote to change the laws that put me down
And I only pray that you fare better
I'll wear my marijuana leaf like a badge, it's my scarlet letter, yeah