. >> hi, my name is ray lincoln. >> for inmate ray lincoln, doing time at san quentin is much more emotionalere. you know what i'm talking about? ♪ i close my eyes and see the things ♪ ♪ that no one else can see ♪ and no matter how far apart we are ♪ ♪ your heart's in tune with me all around me ♪ ♪ i feel all the stress because i'm dealing with insecurity ♪ ♪ and i lay all my thoughts in the night i cry ♪ ♪ because i wonder where i went wrong ♪ ♪ and by the time they let me go ♪ ♪ i know that you will all be gone ♪ ♪ because i'm doing time >> free us. free us. free us. >> it's clear that san quentin, california's oldest prison, is decrepit and in serious need of an overhaul. after years of debate, state officials say they are planning a nearly quarter of a billion renovation of the death row facility. the plan has numerous critics who argue the expensive renovation is only a temporary solution and that the new facility would be at capacity within a year of opening. but with an appeals process that averages 20 years and about 30 inmates added yearly to a death row that was originally built fo

once again, billy ray cyrus. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ graduated from lincoln high somehow i made myars my ring her name is painted on my starbird wing ♪ ♪ tonight i'm half a world from everything and everyone that i love i wonder how ♪ ♪ the yankees did tonight i sure hope grandma's doin' all right i wish i knew what ♪ ♪ momma's cooking for supper i pray jane had got my letter and knows how much i love her lord knows i ♪ ♪ got a job to do i just can't wait until it's through i keep dreamin' ♪ ♪ about that homebound flight looking for those runway lights grandpa did his ♪ ♪ part for uncle sam daddy did his time in vietnam now i'm flying ♪ ♪ over sea and sand through unfriendly skies man if it was up to me i'd be touchin' ♪ ♪ down in tennessee my baby standing there waiting on me with tears in her eyes ♪ ♪ i wonder how the yankees did tonight i sure hope grandma's doin' all right ♪ ♪ i wish i knew what momma's cooking for supper i pray jane had got my letter and knows ♪ ♪ how much i love her lord knows i got a job to do i can't wait until it's through ♪ ♪ i keep dreamin' bout that hom

billy ray cyrus singing his song "runway lights" from the album "i'm american". >> graduated from lincolnway through vmi joined the navy and i learned to fly, it's what i always dreamed of there's a hometown girl who wears my ring her name is painted on my starboard wing. today i'm half a world from everything and everyone that i love i wonder how the yankees did tonight i sure hope grandma's doing all right i wish i knew what mom was cooking for is upper -- suppen. i pray jane got my letter i know i've got a job to do i can't wait until it's through i keep dreaming about that home bound flight looking for those runway lights ooh grandpa did his part for uncle sam daddy did his time in vietnam tonight i'm flying oversea and sand through unfriendly skies man if it was up to me i'd be touching down in tennessee my baby standing there waiting on me with tears in her eyes i wonder how the yankees did tonight i sure hope grandma's doing all right i wish i knew what mom was cooking for supper, i pray jane got my letter, knows how much i love her lord knows i got a job to do i just can't way unt

. >>> billy ray cyrus performing "runway lights" from his new album, "i'm american." take it away. ♪ graduated from lincolnde my way through vmi ♪ ♪ joined the navy and i learned to fly ♪ ♪ that's what i always dreamed of ♪ ♪ there's a hometown girl who wears my ring her name is painted on my starboard wing ♪ ♪ tonight i'm half a world from everything ♪ ♪ and everyone that i love ♪ i wonder how the yankees did tonight ♪ ♪ i sure hope grandma is doing all right ♪ ♪ i wish i knew what mom was cooking for supper ♪ ♪ i pray jane has got my letter ♪ ♪ knows how much i love her ♪ lord knows i've got a job to do ♪ ♪ i just can't wait until it's through ♪ ♪ i keep dreaming about that homebound flight ♪ ♪ looking for those runway lights ♪ ♪ ooh