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San Quentin Lyrics
Let’s get this circus on down the road
We’re taking bets how far a tank of gas will go
Call up your best friend, then comes your mom
About to do some shit that you ain’t seen before
There ain’t no back door, there ain’t no sign
Location changes almost every other night
Last time we found it, can’t remember much
I thought I was a God until my lawyer woke me up
And said…
I testify that I was fried out of my mind
Let the record show I did it all for rock & roll
Screaming every night, playing 25 to life
So somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Out of San Quentin
Just keep me out of San Quentin
Ooh
Can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Got out on bail, we hit the town
Somebody told me we should burn it to the ground
Too many favors, too much to drink
Come 6AM they had me back inside the clink
I’m gonna testify that I was fried out of my mind
Let the record show I did it all for rock & roll
Screaming every night, playing 25 to life
So can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Out of San Quentin
Oh, just keep me out of San Quentin
Ooh
Can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Tough to fight, I got an alibi
Wrong or right, it’s tough to justify
You can’t dismiss too many witnesses
When insanity’s the plan
It don’t matter what it is
I’m gonna testify that I was fried out of my mind
Let the record show I did it all for rock & roll
Screaming every night, playing 25 to life
So somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Out of San Quentin
Oh, Just keep me out of San Quentin
Ooh
Can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
We’re taking bets how far a tank of gas will go
Call up your best friend, then comes your mom
About to do some shit that you ain’t seen before
There ain’t no back door, there ain’t no sign
Location changes almost every other night
Last time we found it, can’t remember much
I thought I was a God until my lawyer woke me up
And said…
Let the record show I did it all for rock & roll
Screaming every night, playing 25 to life
So somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Out of San Quentin
Just keep me out of San Quentin
Ooh
Can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Got out on bail, we hit the town
Somebody told me we should burn it to the ground
Too many favors, too much to drink
Come 6AM they had me back inside the clink
Let the record show I did it all for rock & roll
Screaming every night, playing 25 to life
So can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Out of San Quentin
Oh, just keep me out of San Quentin
Ooh
Can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Wrong or right, it’s tough to justify
You can’t dismiss too many witnesses
When insanity’s the plan
It don’t matter what it is
Let the record show I did it all for rock & roll
Screaming every night, playing 25 to life
So somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
Out of San Quentin
Oh, Just keep me out of San Quentin
Ooh
Can somebody, please
Keep me the hell out of San Quentin
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The song is titled "San Quentin" after the San Quentin State Prison in Northern California. Nickelback Frontman Chad Kroeger set his mind on naming a song after the prison after he met the warden at a party a few years back and spent a good amount of time conversing with him. "The entire time we were talking, I'm speaking to this guy, but in my head all I could think was, I'm gonna write a song called 'San Quentin.' That's it," the singer recalled. "I stuck it in my phone, and then once the riff was down, I think I screamed out this line: 'Can somebody please keep me the hell out of San Quentin.'" Source: Loudwire