I was a man who couldn't sleep at night
I had four mouths to feed
It was soon to be five
All I had to do was wait in the car and drive
But now I'm spending time down at the ACI, the...

ACI, ACI
I'ma spending time down at the ACI
Precious life has gone and passed me by
While I've been spending time down at the ACI

Stolen car, stolen plates
New paint job on an old Eighty-Eight
Couldn't blend into the wild of a traffic jam
Shots fired out by Eagle Square
I got mixed up around seventeen
Boosting cars with Jackie McGhee
We'd take them down to an uncle of his
Should have gone to trade school, now I'm scrubbing dishes at the...

ACI, ACI
I'ma spending time down at the ACI
Precious life has gone and passed me by
While I've been spending time down at the ACI

Tried going straight and I just couldn't hack it
I'd find myself at the greyhound track
But I'd rather be buried under a mountain of debt
Than see Jackie laid out with a hole in his chest
My youngest was born after my arraignment
When bail was set but nobody paid it
At least some of my kids, they still pick up their phone
When they get a collect call from the place I call home, the...

ACI, ACI
I'ma spending time down at the ACI
Precious life has gone and passed me by
While I've been spending time down at the ACI

I loved that feeling of getting away with something
You couldn't wipe the smile from my face
But I'm just one of many disposable playthings
Another fool will come along and take my place
It's been a few months since the kids came by
To see their old man and just say "hi"
It's been much longer since I've talked to their mother
Jackie's gone and I ain't getting any younger at the...

ACI, ACI
I'ma spending time down at the ACI
Precious life has gone and passed me by
While I've been spending time down at the ACI, the...
ACI, ACI
I'ma spending time down at the ACI
Precious life has gone and passed me by
While I've been spending time down at the ACI
ACI, ACI
Breaking rocks down at the ACI
ACI, ACI
Trying to pick the locks down at the ACI