Preston’s Son

Verse 1

Sixteen with a number, not a name

Hands are still shaking, feeln’ such shame

Mama said “Son, keep your head down low”

Train keeps rollin straight into Ione

Chain-link sky and a borrowed suitcase

A castle won’t hold me, I’m gone without a trace

Bridge (half-time feel, let it breathe)

If mercy’s real

It missed that train

If hope’s a crime

He’s doing time for the same

Chorus

They say time will teach me

Well, time’s all I got

Preston can’t tame me

Castle or not

In a place that can’t hold me

When all the doors lock

Verse 2

Lights out early, hunger pangs ring

Dreams get quiet, nights get mean

Write my name on the edge of a bed

Shouts the things that never were said

Steel don’t care how old you are

Pain don’t care what’s in your heart

Chorus

They say time will teach me

Well, time’s all I got

Preston can’t tame me

Castle or not

In a place that can’t hold me

When all the doors lock

Bridge (half-time feel, let it breathe)

If mercy’s real

It missed that train

If hope’s a crime

He’s doing time for the same