Story Behind The Song
Inspired by growing up in a house where being corrected was the norm for children who should be seen and not heard. The song takes it in another direction about someone enslaved in a dysfunctional relationship. Whether it is a childhood home, school, a relationship, a job, or prison, we often find ourselves in a house of corrections.
Song Description
Melodic blues song about being trapped in a bad relationship.
Song Length |
4:35 |
Genre |
Blues - Modern |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Cheerless, Troubled |
Subject |
Frustration, Dysfunctional Relations |
Similar Artists |
Robert Cray |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
HOUSE OF CORRECTIONS
Every night you hear that door slam.
It means your warden's gotten home.
Stand up straight,
Be a good inmate.
Roll call and inspection in the thunder dome.
With one mistake, you've got a date
With the judge, and there's no jury.
There you stand
With no defense.
You're convicted and subject to the fury.
You're living in a house of corrections.
Making time in a life with no appeal.
Living in a house of corrections.
Locked inside a home
Where they threw away the key.
Every time you beg your pardon,
He brings out the bright searchlights.
He takes away
All your rights.
Highlights every mistake you ever made.
You're living in a house of corrections.
Doing time where there never was a crime.
Living in a house of corrections.
Every day is a trial
And you are always out of line.
In the cold, lonely night
You're praying for a savior
To rescue and to whisk you from the cage.
You'd even compromise for some time off,
Time off for good behavior.
Got to get out of this house of corrections.
On probation under constant circumspection.
Don't want to live in a house of corrections.
There's no visitation
Just aggravation.
Living in a house of corrections.