Verse: 1 

N.C. 
By the time you were born there were four other siblings 
N.C. 
With your momma awaiting your daddy in jail 
N.C. 
And your oldest brother was away at a home 
N.C. 
And you didn't meet him til you were nineteen years old 

Verse: 2 

      G 
Old enough to know better 
      C             G 
old enough to know better 
         G                                  D 
But you took to his jawline and long sandy hair 
        G 
And he made you feel 
      C           G 
like none of the others 
         G                                D            G 
And the way he looked at you touched you deep down in there 

Verse: 3 

        G 
So you jumped on his bike 
            C        G 
and rolled into the sunset 
         G                                       D 
But the sequel it started with the next morning sun 
         G 
And the dew on the bike seat 
     C        G 
and you all aglow 
          G                        D           G 
From the love he put in you and a life on the run 
        G 
So you moved to a small town 
C         G 
then to another 
G                                    D 
Then to another with another on its way 
         G 
And you both swore to God 
           C         G 
you would keep it together 
         G                        D       G 
And the state wouldn't take your babies away 

Verse: 4 

          C 
Now, the District Attorney 
         G 
said he might have forgiven 
     G                                    D 
You had lots of reasons to turn out this way 
            G 
But you'll both go to jail 
          C           G 
for them four little babies 
     G                   D        G 
You made and delivered along the way 

Solo: G C G   G D G   G C G   G D G 

Verse: 5 

      G 
Last night you had a dream 
      C          G 
of a Lord so forgiving 
    G                                       D 
He might show compassion for a heathen He damned 
      G 
You awoke in a jail cell 
  C           G 
alone and so lonely 
G                        D  G 
Seven years in Michigan