There was a friend of mine on murder And the judge's gavel fell Jury found him guilty Gave him sixteen years in hell He said: I ain't spending my life here I ain't living alone Ain't breaking no rocks on the chain gang I'm breakin' out and headin' home Gonna make a jailbreak And I'm lookin' towards the sky I'm gonna make a jailbreak Oh, how I wish that I could fly All in the name of liberty Got to be free Jailbreak, let me out of here Jailbreak, sixteen years, ah Jailbreak, had more than I can take Jailbreak, yeah He said, he'd seen his lady Being fooled with by another man She was down and he was up Had a gun in his hand Bullets started flying everywhere And people started to scream Big man lying on the ground With a hole in his body Where his life had been But it was all in the name of liberty All in the name of liberty I got to be free Jailbreak, jailbreak I got to break out Out of here Heartbeats, they were racin' Freedom, he was chasin' Spotlights, sirens, rifles firing But he made it out With a bullet in his back Jailbreak