Doing Time
Breaking Free: Rory Gallagher's Prison of Regret
Lyrics
I'm breaking rocks and I'm doing time
I am imprisoned, performing hard labor
She's on the street with a friend of mine
The person I care about is on the streets with a friend
I drove the car, I took the fall
I took responsibility for a crime, faced the consequences
I walk the cell, at night I cry till dawn
Confined to a cell, expressing emotional pain through tears
At night I cry till dawn
Reiterating the emotional distress endured at night
The days are long but time will pass
Days feel prolonged, but expressing hope for the passage of time
I'm breaking out, I soon will get my chance
Hopeful about breaking free, anticipating an opportunity
I'm in a cell, it's ten by nine
Specifying the size of the cell
She's livin' it up on champagne and wine
Contrasting the narrator's situation with someone living luxuriously
I took the rap, I have to smile
Acceptance of blame with a forced smile
Time drags by but I'll get loose after a while
Time passing slowly, confidence in eventual freedom
Get loose after a while
Reiterating the anticipation of liberation after a while
Deep in the night, just like a child
Comparing emotions to that of a child in the depth of the night
I walk the cell, my mind is running wild
Confined, but the mind is restless and unrestrained
I'm going numb from too much waiting
Feeling numb due to excessive waiting
Until my dying day
Commitment to endure hatred until death
I'll suffocate from too much hating
Expressing the suffocation caused by intense animosity
There'll be hell to pay
Conveying the expectation of facing consequences for hate
I'm gonna rot from too much waiting
Emphasizing the deterioration from prolonged waiting
Till my dying day
Repeating the commitment to endure hardship until death
My soul is bruised, my heart is shaking
Internal pain and emotional turmoil
There'll be hell to pay, yeah
Anticipating consequences for actions
I'm digging ditches, I'm breaking stones
Engaged in difficult, laborious tasks
Sewing mailbags, it ain't no fun
Describing the monotony and difficulty of prison work
Bread and water, my life is complete
Reduced to basic necessities, a stark life
Hold my breath, till I'm back out on the street
Eagerly waiting for freedom
Back out on the street, yeah
Repeating the desire to be back on the streets
Revenge is sweet or so they say
Stating that revenge is satisfying
Just watch your step, I'm breaking out today
Warning others to be cautious as the narrator plans to escape
Revenge is sweet or so they say
Reiterating the satisfaction derived from revenge
Just watch your step, I'm breaking out today
Repeating the warning about the impending escape
Revenge is sweet or so they say
Emphasizing the sweet satisfaction of revenge
Just watch your step, I'm breaking out today
Reiterating the caution to watch out as the narrator plans to break free
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