open the gates up hey screw did you miss me jimmy i see that you found a new friend warden come down here and kiss me hello cause i m back home in huntsville again this suit that i m wearing cost two hundred dollars but i got it free with a three dollar knife i got tailor made shirts with them long pointy collars and all it s gonna cost is ten years of my life so open the gates up i ve been rousted and turned out at three in the morning i ve been roughed up and shook down and stood on my ear i ve tried to find work but they called me a jailbird so i went for the bundle and i ve wound up back here so open the gates up i found me a woman as warm as the sunshine took her a year to slip out of her dress she talk about havin a little rose covered cottage but roses cost money and you know the rest so open the gates up yes i m back home in huntsville again