Let's get this circus on down the road We're taking bets how far a tank of gas will go Call up your best friend, then come tomorrow About to do some that you ain't seen before There ain't no back door, there ain't no side Location changes almost every other night Last time we found it, can't remember much I thought I was a god until my lawyer woke me up and said I testify that I was right out of my mind Let the record show I did it off the rock and roll Screamin' every night, playin' twenty by the light So somebody please keep me out of San Quentin Out of San Quentin Just keep me out of San Quentin Could somebody please keep me out of San Quentin Got out on bail, we hit the town Somebody told me we should burn it to the ground Too many favors, too much to drink Come 6 a.m. they had me back inside the clinic I'm gonna testify that I was right out of my mind Let the record show I did it off the rock and roll Screamin' every night, playin' twenty by the light So somebody please keep me out of San Quentin Out of San Quentin Just keep me out of San Quentin Could somebody please keep me out of San Quentin Out of San Quentin Out of San Quentin It's tough to fight the malaphy Wrong or right, it's tough to justify Can't dismiss too many witnesses When insanity's the pattern, it don't matter what it is I'm gonna testify that I was right out of my mind Let the record show I did it off the rock and roll Screamin' every night, playin' twenty by the light So somebody please keep me out of San Quentin Out of San Quentin Just keep me out of San Quentin Could somebody please keep me out of San Quentin