Prison song

One day a friend took me aside,
And said, I have to leave you.
For buying something from a friend
They say I've done wrong.
For protecting the name of a man
They say I'll have to leave you,
So now I'm bidding you farewell
For much too long.

And here's a song to sing,
For every man inside,
If he can hear you sing,
It's an open door.
There's not a rich man there,
Who couldn't pay his way
And buy the freedom that's a high price
for the poor.

Kids in Texas,
Smoking grass, ten years sentence
Comes to pass.
Misdemeanor
In Ann Arbor,
Ask the judges
Why?

Another friend said to her kids,
I'm gonna have to leave you,
For selling something to the man,
I guess I did wrong,
And although I did the best I could,
I'm gonna have to leave you,
So now I'm kissing you farewell,
For much too long.

And here's a song to sing…