Weekender-Margo Price

[00:00.00] [00:08.51]I went down to the county jail [00:11.96]And turned myself in [00:16.03]Spending all my weekends here [00:19.80]Far from my good-timing friends [00:23.98]Things just went from bad to worse [00:27.42]But I don't know when [00:31.39]The only thing I know for sure [00:35.23]Is I ain't going back again [00:38.47] [00:40.77]They took me down to cellblock B [00:44.85]After stripping off my clothes [00:48.71]Put me in a monkey suit [00:52.19]And threw me in the throes [00:56.31]Like a rat in a maze [00:58.12]A cow in the herd [00:59.97]Or a sparrow with a broken wing [01:04.20]Now I know the reason why [01:07.99]The caged bird has to sing [01:11.10] [01:13.48]Cause I'm just a weekender [01:17.06]In the Davidson County Jail [01:21.26]And my old man, he ain't got the cash [01:25.05]To even go my bail [01:28.89]Should have listened to my mama [01:32.52]And quit my life of sin [01:36.70]Before I went backsliding again [01:42.73] [01:44.69]This bed is hard and the room is cold [01:48.14]And my cellmate's got a cough [01:52.01]She takes her meds and sleeps all day [01:55.61]Got six more weeks til she's off [01:59.58]She said she beat her boyfriend up [02:03.48]While high on crack ******* [02:07.39]And now she sits and watches [02:10.89]Her life go down the drain [02:15.10] [02:16.54]Cause she's just a weekender [02:20.59]In the Davidson County Jail [02:24.66]Her old man ain't got the cash [02:28.45]To even go her bail [02:32.26]She should have listened to her mama [02:35.58]And quit her life of sin [02:39.84]Before she went backsliding again [02:45.98] [03:18.97]Walk into some other room [03:22.65]They tried to make me eat [03:26.36]Red-dyed gravy, cardboard bread [03:29.86]And something that looked like meat [03:34.56]One tough girl from cellblock C [03:37.52]Picked a fight with the man at the desk [03:41.64]Mighty soon was sent back to her room [03:45.25]And I bet you know the rest [03:49.72] [03:50.71]Cause we're all just weekenders [03:54.50]In the Davidson County Jail [03:59.25]My old man ain't got the cash [04:02.57]To even call my bail [04:06.41]Should have listened to the good Lord [04:10.25]Maybe quit my life of sin [04:13.80]Before I went backsliding again [04:21.53]Before I went backsliding again