Just a Number (Official Audio) - Sonny Johnson

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"Just a Number" by Sonny Johnson

Metal bunk
Paint flaked off the wall
Countin' cracks in the concrete
Names carved down the hall
Coffee gone cold
My hands start to shake
These days I see every choice
Like a slow-motion break

Now I'm just a number
On a door that won't forget
Carryin' whole lives
On the weight of my regret
I see their faces
In the dark before the light
Wish I could give 'em back their days
But I'm stuck here with life

Used to brag
About never backin' down
Thought respect was fear
Thought a gun ran this town
Mama in the courtroom
Couldn’t lift her head
I was chained at the wrists
She was breakin' instead

Now I'm just a number
On a door that won't forget
Carryin' whole lives
On the weight of my regret
I see their faces
In the dark before the light
Wish I could give 'em back their days
But I'm stuck here with life

Got a granddaughter now
Only know her from a picture
She smiles like the boy I was
Before the anger hit quicker
If I had one more morning
On the outside of this gate
I'd tell every kid who looks like me
"Turn around before it's too late"

'Cause I'm just a number
On a door that won't forget
Every laugh I stole
Keeps me honest
Keeps me bent
I see their faces
In the dark before the light
I can't change what I already took
So I change what I hold tonight

I say their names
Like a worn-out prayer
If there's any grace left
Meet 'em there
Meet 'em there
Old man in a cage
Talkin' quiet to the air
Life means forever
And I'm still here
Still here