| Well I’m branded wherever I go
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| Trying to outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
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| Might as well be wearing a ball and chain
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| Cause everywhere I travel see my picture
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| With a number by my name
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| Spent some time in San Francisco locked up for vagrancy
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| I busted out a time or two took a run at getting free
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| They put me back in the jailhouse I finished serving my time
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| Turned me loose and the man said I’ll dog you to the end of the line
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| Well I’m branded wherever I go
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| Trying to outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
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| Might as well be wearing a ball and chain
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| Cause everywhere I travel see my picture
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| With a number by my name
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| The trouble with the truth it always comes around
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| Seems to be there waiting for me in every town
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| Well I’m guilty of the crime of trying to get back home
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| Don’t want to bother nobody just want to be left alone
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| Well I’m branded wherever I go
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| Trying to outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
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| Might as well be wearing a ball and chain
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| Cause everywhere I travel see my picture
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| With a number by my name |