A Means To an End

A means to an end

I got locked up again

This time for good

I don’t know when

I’ll see you again

When I’m an old man

No kids or a wife

I threw away my whole life

A means to an end

I said back then

I’ll stop when I can

Now I got nothing again

A means to an end

Wish I’d go back and stand

For hours in church

And let Jesus in

A means to an end

No I never meant

To be a thief or a cheater

No it wasn’t the plan

It was a means to an end

A means to an end

Our drives down 45

The alter can’t wait

Just move on with your life

A means to an end

I lost all of my friends

They all went right

I took a left at the bend

A means to an end

Ain’t got a dollar to spend

The lawyers still win

And now I’m condemned

I’m guilty as sin

Of all the places I’ve been

I was lost in this world

It was just sink or swim

A means to an end

No I never meant

To be a thief or a cheater

No it wasn’t the plan

It was a means to an end