Away I The razor wire was on the inside Of the cage and there was the joke A suicide I thought I had died But in the cage is where I woke The top and sides were made of chainlink But the razor wire made me think And if I lived and I stayed inside I was paid cigarettes to smoke Prescription labels on the outside From the inside since I was broke Face to the sky through the chainlink then But the razor wire was facing in II The orderlies never beat me In the lockdown psych ward Though I teased one about his hair I was already old So all they ever did was scold And tried but failed to scare I never got the yellow board They tied us to when there And then they got disorderly But not on me because Being a suicide I was No fun not one to care They never took me away Because I was anyway III And here I am in Paradise Valley anyway Where it really is pretty nice On a bright blue day Apparently supposed to be Or so I suppose One of those things I guess like me That goes on and goes And what it all means heaven knows I wish it would share But then again I could be there On this bright blue day Could find myself in Paradise Valley anyway Steven Curtis Lance