He hit bottom – his long time heroin addiction finally brought Steve Earle
jail time. He survived with his sense of humor and rebel attitude intact –
so much so that the year after he got out, he returned to the same prison
where he served time to perform for the inmates. MTV cameras (remember when
they actually presented music?) were there…

Miranda Lambert knew what she was doing when she ripped this song off and
called it “Kerosene”…