I won't be home anymore I'll be so far away In my lonely prison cell Until my dying day Friends, I don't want to burden you Or waste too much of your day But I've got a sad story I'd like to tell About a life that's just wasting away I had a good home and a family one time And riches of diamonds and jewels But one night while out on a party, my friends I broke one of God's golden rules Thou shalt not kill was burned deep in my heart that day While drinking too much, driving too fast I took three lives away So then I was tried and convicted And the judge said no mercy on me He said we must make an example So I was sent to this penitentiary Ninety-nine years was my sentence Never no more will I roam Never to be with my loved ones so dear No place but this cell to call home I'm alone in my shame And despair is written deep in my soul For the price I must pay for drinking and driving Can't be paid in silver and gold I can't see my little darling Or watch my babies at play Three lives I took while drinking and driving Out on the highway one day