Prisoners (BBC In Concert 07/03/81) - The Vapors

There’s someone banging on my wall

I turn the volume up to full

I don’t know who it is, or why they don’t like me

I don’t feel safe in this street

There’s something nagging in my head

I turn my body out of bed

I draw the curtains on another brand new day

Mrs. Jones and friend just look away

I’m prisoner number 1

I won’t get parole (Prisoner number 1) 'cause I carry a gun

I’m prisoner number 1

I’m prisoner number 1

We’re all prisoners

We’re all prisoners

We’re all prisoners here

Last thing I remember Tuesday night

Is three white wonders, waiting for a fight

Mrs. Jones walked past me as I laid there on our street

She knows I’m a black boy underneath

I’m prisoner number 1

I won’t get parole (Prisoner number 1) 'cause I carry a gun

Prisoner number 1

I’m prisoner number 1

We’re all prisoners

We’re all prisoners

We’re all prisoners here

We’re all prisoners, always caught

In the life and death of each other’s thoughts

I’m prisoner number 1 (O-oh)

Prisoner number 1 (O-woah-oh)

Prisoner number 1 (O-oh)

Prisoner number 1

I’m prisoner number 1

I won’t get parole (Prisoner number 1) 'cause I carry a gun (O-oh)

Prisoner number 1 (O-woah-oh)

Prisoner number 1

We’re all prisoners

We’re all prisoners

We’re all prisoners here

O-o-oh

O-o-oh

O-o-o-oh