On the road to Mexico
I jumped from behind the wheel
To the interstate below
On a plane to Tokyo
The conscience I left ticking
In the cargo hold exploded
I should've done drugs
Back in my prime
How sobering to find
That one mistake
Keeps all the rest alive
On the phone through a window
My public defender quit and
Moved to San Francisco
On my tiptoes at the gallows
Nobody had hung around
To pull that blessed rope
I should've done drugs
At the right time
It's weighing on my mind
That one mistake
Keeps all the rest alive
I finish each sentence with a new confession
The jurors look on with no hint of retention
My rights, as read on the day i surrendered,
"You're only culpable for what you remember"
And I should've done drugs
At the prescribed time
It's weighing on my mind
That one mistake
Keeps all the rest alive
I should've done drugs
At the proscribed time
It's floating in my spine
That one mistake
Keeps all the rest alive