[Verse 1]
It's four o'clock in the morning
On this side of town
A lonely dog barking
Is the only other sound
Sitting in my car
Outside this judge's house
Ten years to the day that he
Brought his gavel down

[Pre-Chorus]
Ten years ago
But I recall it like it was yesterday
A man remembers
When you take ten years of his life away

[Chorus]
Judge lives here on this side of town
Where the grass is greener
And the driveways are long like memory
They go on and on and on and on and on

[Verse 2]
Thе yellow bus was parked
Outside thе schoolyard gate
I stepped on the gas, sped around it
Didn't see her 'til it was too late
Whiskey on my breath
Made my trial a formality
You did what your law books said
You had to do to me
[Pre-Chorus]
But Judge, I got a burning anger
That was ten years long and I had plans for you
But that's all gone now
Like some forgotten thought in the morning dew

[Chorus]
Judge lives here on this side of town
Where the grass is greener
And the driveways are long like memory
Lined with flowers and trees
They go on and on and on and on and on

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Now Judge, your kids are older now
And mine are too
Yours come around to see you
Mine never do
And somewhere on a wall in a house
On this side of town
Hangs a picture of a little girl
Who'll never come around

[Pre-Chorus]
But Judge, I've got a fistful of, of roses
And I toss them on your lawn
Put the car in drive
And I'm all gone, I'm all gone
[Chorus]
Judge lives here on this side of town
Where the grass is greener
And the driveways are long like memory
You should see 'em
They go on and on and on and on and on