brian lautenschlager is serving a 90-year sentence for armed robbery and attempted murder. >> i've beenso long. >> how long have you been here? >> in prison, altogether, 18 years. come in when i was 18, come out when i was 24, back when i was 25, now back, i'm 36, going on 37. >> along with working out, there's one other way he copes. ♪ i was 18 years old when they sent me to prison ♪ ♪ all away from my home in east tennessee ♪ ♪ still see the tears my darlin' was crying as she whispered i love you said she'd wait for me ♪ >> when i first come to prison, you know, i had a girlfriend, and she was telling me how she's going to wait on me and all this. and things change. and -- i -- i'm still in here, and she's gone. ♪ it's been 18 long years in the so-co prison ♪ ♪ sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ ♪ i lost a girl that i loved to the arms of a stranger ♪ ♪ the only home i know is surrounded by stone ♪ it's a sense of freedom, you know? it frees my mind. i'm not thinking about brushy mountain or prison, you know? ♪ i'm lonesome and blue, that's all i can say ♪ ♪ i'm lonesome and blue, that's