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Thread #92767   Message #1776861
Posted By: wysiwyg
05-Jul-06 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: Peace in the valley
Subject: Lyr Add: SAN QUENTIN (Johnny Cash)
It was on the same special (yesterday) as this one.

~S~

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SAN QUENTIN
Words and music by Johnny Cash
As recorded by Johnny Cash on "At San Quentin" (1969)

San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.
You blistered me since nineteen sixty-three
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen 'em die,
And long ago I stopped askin' why.

San Quentin, I hate ev'ry inch of you.
You cut me and you scarred me through an' through,
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man.
Mister Congressman, you can't understand.

San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
Do you think I'll be diff'rent when you're through?
You bend my heart and mind and you warp my soul.
Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.

San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
May your walls fall, and may I live to tell.
May all the world forget you ever stood,
And may all the world regret you did no good.

San Quentin, I hate ev'ry inch of you.

SH