I'd like to hold my head up
and be proud of who I am,
but they won't let my secret go untold.
I paid the debt I owed them,
but they're still not satisfied.
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold.
When they let me out of prison,
I held my head up high,
determined I would rise above the shame.
But no matter where I'm living,
the black
mark follows me.
I'm branded with a number on my name.
I'd like to hold my head up
and be proud of who I am,
but they won't let my secret go
untold.
I paid the debt I owed them,
but they're still not satisfied.
Now I'm a branded man
out in the cold.
If I live to be a hundred,
I guess I'll never clear my name,
cause everybody knows I've been in jail.
No matter
where I'm living,
I got to tell
them where I've been,
or they'll send me back to prison if I fail.
I'd like to hold
my head up and be proud of who I am,
but they won't let my secret go untold.
I paid the debt I owed them,
but they're still not satisfied.
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold.
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold.