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From the film "Porridge" (1979)
(Lem Lubin / Ian La Frenais)

Joe Brown - 1979


Made a wrong turn at seventeen
Took me down a one-way street
I should have listened to my head
And turned right 'round
Instead I just followed my feet

I thought I was headin' in the right direction
But it was downhill all the way
Ooh-ooh-ooh, sooner or later
The man's gonna take ya
Turn on the key and lock you away

And it's gonna be alright
It's comin' out good
It's gonna be alright
I'm changin' my ways
And turnin' the tide

There's a piece of me that no one can take
And it's locked-up in my head
And I've got the key and it keeps me free inside
There's a piece of me that no one can take
And it's locked-up in my head
And I'm feelin' free inside

I never gave you no hard luck stories
Never gave you no alibis
If your name's in the hat
And you pull out a ticket
Don't mean you take the prize

I know I was headin' in the wrong direction
But a man can change his ways
Ooh-ooh-ooh, sooner or later
Time's gonna make ya count up the cost
And count up the days

But it's gonna be alright
It's comin' out good
It's gonna be alright
I'm changin' my ways
And turnin' the tide

There's a piece of me that no one can take
And it's locked-up in my head
And I've got the key and it keeps me free inside
There's a piece..........FADE
(Sound of Prison gate slamming shut)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2005)