Lying in bed, waiting for the drip to feed   Over my head, a movie on the TV   Cops, killers ruling with the gun   Then a nurse comes in, time for the medication      Blame it on shock, blame it on the morphine   But my finger prints put me on the crime scene   Cruel twist of fate, it's like I'm in a really bad dream   I'm a victim of mistaken identity      And the ordinary people   All the passers-by   Shake their heads and sigh,    "But for the grace of God go I"      They are just on the wrong side of the law   Livin' on the wrong side of the law   Victims each and every one   Now that bad guy's out there on the run   Heading for the setting sun      There's a jailhouse in Louisiana state   And in times like this I really do appreciate   The desperate cries of all of the inmates   'Cause once you're inside, they're gonna make you sit and wait   As time goes by, hear the criminals sing a sad, sad song      We were just on the wrong side of the law   Livin' on the wrong side of the law   Victims each and every one   Now the outlaw's living on the run   Heading for the setting sun      And ordinary people   All the passers-by   Are helpless on the wrong side of the law   Staring at the wrong side of the law   Every time we see the system fail   And the bad guys end up getting bail   While the good guys go to jail      Yeah, I might as well rot in Angola   For all the good the DA's done for me   I was the one who ended up taking the bullet   I'm lying here, but he's still running free   On the wrong side of the law