Letter From Death Row Lyrics - Poison

Sitting here in my cell writing a letter 

Thanking all the people who made my living conditions better 

And thanks to the justice system 

I'm making a million 

My lawyer got me a book deal 

Now I'm making a killing just from making a killing 

I got an agent for the publicity 

An accountant to count my royalties 

The talk shows want me, sorry I can't go 

I'm stuck here on death row 

You call me hannibal lechter, if I was smarter 

If I was charlie manson you'd make me a martyr wouldn't ya 

You'd call me a handsome man if I was bundy 

But if I looked like john wayne gasey you'd just say I'm funny, not ha ha funny 

Chorus: 

Tried to act my career just flopped 

Killed my neighbor, got on cops 

Problem is, I only made one show now 

I'm stuck here on death row 

The poor victim's families never make a dime 

Networks say I'm not prime time 

All my cell mates on my cell block 

Say I'm the hottest topic at the coffee shops 

Waitress cries, "god how they should free me" 

Send me her love letters, says someday she'd really love to meet me 

Tells her customers people should forgive me for the things I do 

I wonder if I kill her would her family forgive me too? 

Chorus 

Thanks for the attention and the publicity 

The taxpayer's dollars that you spend on me 

Thanks for the good meal, dry bed, and these warm clothes 

I'm alive and well on death row