[Verse 1]
Well I've been robbing banks my whole life
Until I watched a hostage hit the ground and start bleeding out
The gun went off in my hands I swear
I'm not a violent man I was under-prepared
I'm not a killer I promise

[Chorus]
If there's another way down, I'll be finding my way
Taking my time, I've been learning how to play
And if everything's gone, I'll be running away
I'm gonna do better, better, better, I promise

[Verse 2]
I fled for miles and miles, I didn't know where to run
Little did i realize the end had just begun
The policeman found me crying by a lake out west, he said
"Son, do you know what you've done?"
"Yeah"

[Chorus]
If there's another way down, I'll be finding my way
Taking my time, I've been learning how to play
And if everything's gone, I'll be running away
I'm gonna do better, better, better, I promise
[Verse 3]
As I sat there in court, my lawyer turned to me and said
The man that I killed that day was a father-to-be
The judge threw his hammer down and sentenced me to death
But I'm just unlucky, not violent

[Bridge]
Now I'm leaving, there are things I can't forget
I'm standing on a trapdoor with a rope around my neck
I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt nobody
But we've all done things that we regret
If anyone cared, they'd be looking away
I've done my time, but not enough to be saved
If I got any last words, now's the time to say
I'm gonna do better, better, better, I promise

[Chorus]
If there's another way down, I'll be finding my way
Taking my time, I've been learning how to play
And if everything's gone, I'll be running away
I'm gonna do better, better, better, I promise