I went by the jail this morning I heard a hard luck brother moan I'm here, right where I don't belong I never done no wrong As I passed by his window, I could hear him singing this song Sitting on the inside, looking at the outside Waiting for the evening mail Lordy what a feeling, four walls and a ceiling, judge I mean that lowdown jail separated me from everything but the evening mail I'm like a ship without a sail Wrote my one time mama, down in Jacksonville Said sweet mama I'm in jail Now honey please don't fail me, hurry now and mail me bail It's been a year ago, I'm still on the inside, looking at the outside Waiting for the evening mail I'm like a ship without a sail Wrote my one time mama, down in Jacksonville Said sweet mama I'm in jail Now honey please don't fail me, hurry now and mail me bail It's been a year ago, I'm still on the inside, looking at