Locked up for years, hard up for love
Till finally, push came to shove
And now my skinny white duff is Big Bad Bubba’s


He offered me some cigarettes
And took what’s dear to clear the debt
That’s they way you get Hard Time Lovers


We’re incarcerated pris’ners who’ve begun
Finding love absent from the sun
We toss footballs all day, salad at night
Getting our game on, when ‘OFF’ go the lights


While showering I pray and hope
I’m not a klutz and drop the soap
Don‘t wanna be ‘POKED’ in front of others


But when alone with my ‘cellie’
And all there is, is him and me
That’s when you’ll see me kneeling for my Hard Time Lover


We are twice convicted felons behind bars
Packing fudge when there ain’t no guards
We are fearsome by day, fairies by night
When the lights go off, then it’s on alright


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He’s an undercover brotha in orange trunks
Pushing me up against his bunk
We are pris’ners by day, pansies by night
When I’m in his arms, my feet feel so light


You would think that I’d be scared strait
When I walked through those prison gates
And had my butt raped by Big Bad Bubba


But after I had been let go
I violated my parole
And wound up back in the hole with my Hard Time Lover
Him and me, Hard Time Lovers
Yes, him and me, Hard Time Lovers