Merle Haggard — I Made the Prison Band

[Verse] Deep inside this lonely prison where the pleasures are so few Where the walls are strong and the days are long and there's nothing new I learned to play the guitar and I'm a-doing the best I can I guess I could be worse because I made the prison band I made the prison band [Verse] Now there's old Bashful Bill on the doghouse bass, Willie on the steel guitar He hails from Pocatello and he drags a pretty mean bar And back on the drum, there's Two-Time Tom, our rimshot temple man The boys call me their singing emcee since I made the prison band I made the prison band [Verse] I've been planning a break since Christmas, I had the details all worked out But now I know that I ain't gonna go and there's no doubt I had my try-out Sunday and the outcome changed my plan I got to rehearse for the Friday night show 'cause I made the prison band I made the prison band [Chorus] There's old Bashful Bill on the doghouse bass, Willie on the steel guitar He hails from Pocatello and he drags a pretty mean bar And back on the drum, there's Two-Time Tom, our rimshot temple man The boys call me their singing emcee since I made the prison band I made the prison band I made the prison band