Invisible Stripes Eddie Noack

[Verse 1]
They gave me a suit and a twenty dollar bill
And I left the penitentiary
Then they swung open wide those big iron gates
And said they had rehabilitated me
But society doesn't feel the same
I've lost my home and my wife
And they say I got no one but myself to blame
'cause I wear these invisible stripes

[Chorus]
A twenty dollar bill won't buy me my fill
Of all the things I've wanted all my life
And a brand new prison-made three-button suit
Won't hide these invisible stripes

[Verse 2]
No matter where I go, they say there ain't no dough
They don't want an ex-convict around
So I'm broke all the time and they say that I'm
A menace to the decent people in town
A twenty dollar bill is in somebody's till
And the suit doesn't look brand new
It doesn't seem the fade is gonna let me go straight
These invisible stripes show through