Joe Bean

Joe Bean Lyrics

Song Joe Bean
Artist Johnny Cash
Album At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)
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[00:00.09] Last time we were here at Folsom Prison,
[00:04.04] They were hanging Joe Bean.
[00:05.17] Is Joe still here
[00:07.03] Joe Bean? Hang the son of a bitch anyway, right?
[00:14.09] Well, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning,
[00:16.53] For killing a man in Arkansas.
[00:18.84] Funny thing about it,Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas.
[00:23.15] On top of that, Joe Bean never heard of the man.
[00:26.65] In fact, today is Joe Bean's twentieth birthday.
[00:33.30] See through the prison bars,Joe Bean,
[00:37.50] See where the gallows stand.
[00:41.11] Just twenty short years from the day you were born,
[00:45.38] You died by the hangman's hand.
[00:48.70] Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning,
[00:52.77] For a shooting that he never did.
[00:56.59] He killed 20 men, by the time he was 10, he was an unruly kid.
[01:03.91] Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting
[01:07.97] That Joe Bean never did.
[01:12.36] Well, Joe - your mother is at the Capitol,
[01:16.24] Asking the governor for a stay.
[01:19.84] And it's hard on her, 'cause she knows where you were,
[01:23.90] On that particular day.
[01:27.29] You were working Joe Bean,
[01:29.38] Hard working, robbing the Santa Fe.
[01:36.34] Well, the telegraph wires are humming.
[01:40.15] Here, the governor's words come through.
[01:43.64] He said, "I can't set you free, it's not up to me,
[01:47.74] But there's much, Joe Bean, I'll do.
[01:51.35] I'll join your mother in extending Birthday greetings to you.
[01:58.42] Happy Birthday, Joe Bean."
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