I've been in jail eleven years
And parole has just come through
The gates will soon swing open wide
But I'm not going through
Jail's the only home I know
Or care to know about
Please let me stay where I belong
Please don't let me out
How could I tell those friends of mine
They've seen the last of me?
Can't I make you understand
I never can be free?
Cause that's a big unfriendly world
And I don't know the route
That leads to where I may belong
Please don't let me out
I had to learn to get along
Without a lot of things
And I had to learn to live with the loneliness
Confinement brings
And I learnt to take "No mail from home"
Or whatever came about
Now I'm dug in and I'm happy here
Please don't let me out
How could I tell those friends of mine
They've seen the last of me?
Can't I make you understand
I never can be free?
Cause that's a big unfriendly world
And I don't know the route
That leads to where I may belong
Please don't let me out
Yes, that's a big unfriendly world
And I don't know the route
That leads to where I may belong
Please don't let me out