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There's a lot of strange men in cell block ten |
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But the strangest of 'em all |
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Was a friend of mine who spent his time |
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Staring at the wall, staring at the wall |
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In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote |
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Proving crime don't pay |
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Was the very same gal he robbed and stole for |
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Wanting their wedding day, wanting thier wedding day |
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As he looked at the wall |
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So strong and tall, I heard him softly curse |
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Nobody at all ever climbed that wall |
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But I'm gonna be the first, I'm gonna be the first |
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Then the warden walked by and said son don't try |
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I'd hate to see you fall |
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'Cause there is no doubt they'll carry you out |
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If you ever touch that wall, if you ever touch that wall |
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Well a years gone by since he made his try |
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But I can still recall |
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How hard he tried and the way he died |
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But he never made that wall, he never made that wall |
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Well there's never been a man who shook this camp |
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But I knew a man who tried |
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The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan |
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But I know it was suicide, I know it was suicide |
