There was a friend of mine on murder And the judge's gavel fell Jury found him guilty Gave him sixteen years in hell He said "I ain't spending my life here I ain't livin' alone Ain't breakin' no rocks on the chain gang I'm breakin' out and heading home" Gonna make a (jailbreak) And I'm looking towards the sky I'm gonna make a (jailbreak) Oh, how I wish that I could fly All in the name of liberty All in the name of liberty Got to be free (Jailbreak) Let me outta here (Jailbreak) Sixteen years (Jailbreak) Had more than I can take (Jailbreak) Yeah He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with By another man She was down and he was up Had a gun in his hand Bullets started flying everywhere People start to scream Big man lyin' on the ground With a hole in his body where his life had been But it was all in the name of liberty All in the name of liberty I got to be free (Jailbreak) (Jailbreak) I got to break out Out of here Heartbeats They were racing Freedom He was chasin' Spotlights Sirens Rifles firing But he made it out With a bullet in his back Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak Jailbreak