It was a bad idea
To give me this kind of time
When they said, "You're gonna be
In solitary confinement."

While the other inmates
Are outside lifting bar bells,
I'm in an 8x10
Prison cell

But in the night of the sun
Night of the sun
The night of the sun
Night of the sun

New state officials
Are outside running around
They're telling the public
That I need to be put down

And Washington's saying
Emphatically,
That I wasn't doing things
Democratically

But in the night of the sun
Night of the sun
The night of the sun
Night of the sun

The sun

It was a bad idea (it was a bad idea)
To give me this kind of time (to give me this kind of time)
It was a bad idea.