There was a friend of mine on murder And the judge's gavel fell Jury found him guilty Gave him 16 years in Hell He said "I ain't spending my life here" "I ain't living alone" Ain't breaking no rocks on the chain gang I'm breakin' out and headin' home Gonna make a (jailbreak) And I'm lookin' 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 out of here (Jailbreak) 16 years, oh, whoo (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 He had a gun in his hand Oh, bullets started flying everywhere And people started to scream Big man lying 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 racin' 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)