Snap the latch, stay down low,
Come outta your cell and follow me close,
Down the dark corridors, past the guards,
And into the murky moor, down to the rocky shore,
To sail away without a trace,
He rescued me from this hopelessness,
I feel like I've escaped from...

Alcatraz, oh, my life was like Alcatraz,
I could have died in that Alcatraz,
What little hope was fading fast,
Then I called His name, "Lord, erase this impossible task,"
And before I even knew it...no more Alcatraz.

This cruel world, cold and dark,
Chained to pain and the criminal heart,
Lock and key, guns and dogs,
Had to have a miracle to beat the odds,
Down to the cold concrete, a desperate cry for help,
I found Heaven there on my knees,
When he saved me from the hell of....

Alcatraz, oh, my life was like Alcatraz,
I could have died in that Alcatraz,
What little hope was fading fast,
Then I called His name, "Lord, erase this impossible past,"
And before I even knew it...no more Alcatraz.

He did my time and changed my heart, set my record straight,
He sent me home with a master plan to help some more escape from Transyl..., Alcatraz.
Ooh, I want to escape, it's so dark and damp for the creatures of the night.

Alcatraz, oh, my life was like Alcatraz,
I could have died in that Alcatraz,
What little hope was fading fast,
Then I called His name, "Lord, erase this impossible task,"
And before I even knew it...no more Alcatraz,
Oh, my life was like Alcatraz,
Modulating in Alcatraz,
I was scared in Alcatraz, then I called his name...
I was modulating Alcatraz,
Alcatraz, could have died in Alcatraz,
Oh, I don't even want it,
I'm in the gas chamber,
Help me, help me,
Oh, I'm floating, oh I'm floating, floating,
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I'm dead.