I heard the preacher preach
bout pie in the sky
said make mine cherry
before I die
I been good
I been good all day long
I can be sweet
I can put it in a song
I heard the teacher teach
bout liberty
I should be free
that's good enough for me
I been good
I been good all night long
I'll make it right
like it should been all along
I saw the reacher reach
reach through the bars
as if he's trying
to grab hold of the stars
I been good
I don't belong here in this jail
I been good
where did I fail
I been good
I been good
just the way
I thought I should
I been good
just like you knew I would
I been good
whenever I could
I heard the speaker speak
she was my love
why am I here
o good lord above
I been good
what else could I have been
I been good
I didn't know it was a sin