I cannot believe no one has commented on this song yet -- it has to be one of my all time favorite songs!
This song was written by Robert Pete Williams and details the negative changes he went through during his 22 years at Angola State Prison in Louisiana, one of the largest and most notoriously brutal prisons in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary).
At the beginning of the song, he is fresh out of prison and trying to clean himself up, but when he looks in the mirror he can't even recognize who he sees. In the second verse, he goes to see the woman that he loves, but she can barely recognize him either.
I cannot believe no one has commented on this song yet -- it has to be one of my all time favorite songs!
This song was written by Robert Pete Williams and details the negative changes he went through during his 22 years at Angola State Prison in Louisiana, one of the largest and most notoriously brutal prisons in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary).
At the beginning of the song, he is fresh out of prison and trying to clean himself up, but when he looks in the mirror he can't even recognize who he sees. In the second verse, he goes to see the woman that he loves, but she can barely recognize him either.