Joey left when he was 16

Black leather and blue jeans

Too young to take a stand

Gang life was like quicksand



Pack o' smokes and a bottle o'Jack was

A good friend, that didn't talk back much

Young dude on a roll,

Fast time take a toll



Brother was a big shot lawyer

Said the street life's gonna destroys ya

Sister was an uptown model

Said your whole life's in that bottle



CHORUS:

Black sheep, Black sheep

Bad boy of the family

Two strikes against him from the start

Black sheep, Black sleep

Livin' life out of the street

Paid the price that left a scar



Good times and a couple of laughs were

Just what, Joe was after

Love came ina girl named Jane

She tried to keep him tame

It's hard to walk the line

Born under a bad sign

The city was an ice cold place

Pain was written in Joey's face



Lord knows that he was a hard one

Switchblade and a .38 handgun

Joey got two years in the State Penn

He's coming back

But he just don't know when



CHORUS



Doin' time got Joey thinkin'

Started prayin' and he gave up drinkin'

Parole's comin' in six months maybe

Not knowin' Jane's having his baby



CHORUS



Left jail straight as an arrow

Gonna stay on the straight and narrow

He loves Jane, and he loves little Joey

Lord knows