Jeff Bates
Leave the Light On
One Seond Chance
It says here you're from Houston, you're certified to drive a truck
It doesn't say what you've been doin' the past 5 years.
Then I watched his eyes keep readin' then I watched his eyes look up
And watched another job I needed, disappear
Cuz when they get to the line, have you been convicted of a crime?
They say thanks for comin' in, and they don't call ya back
I aint askin' for every job under the sun, I just want one second chance
On August 22nd little Jake is turnin' five
But his momma moved him half a state away
And I left another message on her phone at home last night
And she finally had her lawyer call today
She knows I can't afford to take this thing to court
And I'm tryin' hard to make her understand
That I aint askin' for every weekend of every month,
I just want one second chance
I was young and I was stupid
I regret it every day
I aint sayin' I didn't do it
But I paid for my mistakes
It's a lost and empty feelin when they don't want you around
Yeah I finally got my freedom
But what good is it now?
There's some days when it feels like it's been a hundred years
And sometimes it feels like only yesterday
We were paintin' Jacob's nursery,
countin' days till he was here
Next thing I knew I threw it all away
Now I know I can't go back
To the life I used to have
When I still held the whole world in my hands
I had a job, I had a wife, I had a son
Now I just want one second chance.

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