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 gra*s, ten year sentence comes to pa*s "Misdemeanor in Ann Arbor", ask the judges,"Why?" One day a 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 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