...back in '93

Back in '93 I was out with some friends this tale is like no other ALL because of how this story ends back then I had a temper we were laughing and having fun then without any warning unbridled rage escaped from within the night in question is a total blank to me I woke up in a jail call facing 25 to life I spent 9 months in holding All because I couldn’t make bail A million bucks may seem trivial to some But it certainly doesn’t where I come from As I was sitting alone in my cell thinking about taking a deal I heard a man about 3 times my age and it shocked the Hell out of me when I heard him say oh Father please help me I don’t know how to pray Forgive me those years I’ve forsaken you You’re my only hope for a stay On the 5th day of my trial the eye-witness admitted they lied and with nobody else to testify innocent I was immediately found I was signing for my belongings when the guard asked before I go if I wanted to share my news with my blockmate Joe That was far from my last visit with Joe rain or shine, I never missed visit day, and each time we talked, I discovered another side of Joe Visits ended at eight, and as I signed out at the cellblock gate, I could hear a man about 3 times my age And it still shocked me when I’d hear him say oh Father please help me I don’t know how to pray Forgive me those years I’ve forsaken you You’re my only hope for a stay A couple of weeks had passed; maybe it was 3 Deliberations were underway with the verdict expected any day there was only 1 thing for me to say oh Father please help me help me teach Joe how to pray Forgive him those years he’s forsaken you You’re his only hope for a stay The sky darkened a storm approached a lightning strike and out went the lights thunder cracked the generator kicked in the lights came back on the emergency alarm rang and cellblock Joe was gone my thoughts were focused maybe for the first time in my life every ounce of my being just wanted to say allow me Father to thank you for guiding Joe without prayer for forgiving him those years he’d forsaken you for granting his hope for a stay allow me Father to thank you for guiding Joe without prayer for forgiving him those years he’d forsaken you for granting his hope for a stay