It says here you're from Houston

certified to drive a truck

It didn't say what you've been

doing the last five years

Then I watched his eyes keep readin'

then I watched his eyes look up

And I watched another

job, I needed disappear

'Cause when you get to the line, have

you been convicted of a crime?

They say thanks for comin' in

and they don't call you back

Well, I ain't asking for

every job under the sun

I just want one, second chance

On August twenty second,

little Jacobs turning five

But his momma moved

him half a state away

I left another message on

the phone at home last night

And she finally had

her lawyer call today

She knows I can't afford to

take this thing to court

And I'm trying hard to

make her understand

I ain't askin' for every

weekend of every month

I just want one, second chance

I was young and I was

stupid, I regret it everyday

I ain't saying I didn't do it

but I paid for my mistakes

It's a lost and empty feeling

when they don't want you around

Yeah, I finally got my freedom

but what good is it now?

There're some days when it

feels like it's been 100 years

Sometimes it seems only like yesterday

We were painting Jacobs nursery,

counting the days till he was here

Ne t thing I knew, I'd

thrown it all away

Now I know, I can't go back

to the life I used to have

When I stood and held the

whole world in my hands

I had a job, I had a wife, I had a son

Now I just want one, second chance