I Refuse to Lie Down - Jimmy Nail

One day at a time

That’s how I live my life today

One glimpse at the sun

And I was blinded by the light

What a price I was to pay

Each morning I rise

And I pray to God above

That one day I will return

To the world I left behind

To the people that I love

It’s been ten years, maybe more

Since I’ve been locked behind this door

And by rights I should be free

You can take a man, break his will

Make him bad, give him time to kill

But you can’t do that to me

I’m an innocent man

And I refuse to lie down

I refuse ta lie down

They put me in a place

Where the sun refused to shine

They took away my soul

But my memories remained

Of that once-upon-a-time

One day at a time

That’s how I live my life today

Still searching to find

A single word Ihat fits the lock

To turn the key to set me free

And I refuse to lie down

I refuse to lie down