From the little you write me

I guess that you're doin' fine

I suppose you're too busy

To remember I'm here doin' time

I doubt if you're lonely

I doubt if you've cried any tears

I doubt if you do any thinkin' about me

While I'm doin' seventeen years



If you could imagine some things

That I've had to go through

Perhaps you'd remember

I'm doin' them all just for you

But you don't see the bars

You can't hear that big iron gate

For you'd never forget that

You'd never regret that

I'm here doin' time for your sake



You know I love you

And that's why I'll never reveal

The reason I'm stuck here

You know that my lips are sealed

I doubt if you're lonely

I doubt if you've cried any tears

I doubt if you do any thinkin' about me

While I'm doin' seventeen years

I doubt if you do any thinkin' about me

While I'm doin' seventeen years