Song Lyrics Baez Joan - Prison Trilogy    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> B>> Baez Joan Singer Lyrics [Baez Joan other resources]>> Prison Trilogy Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Baez Joan Music Title/Track: Prison Trilogy Theme ID: 3914 Album: N/A Billy Rose was a low rider, Billy Rose was a night fighter Billy Rose knew trouble like the sound of his own name Busted on a drunken charge Driving someone else's car The local midnight sheriff's claim to fame In an Arizona jail there are some who tell the tale how Billy fought the sergeant for some milk that he demanded Knowing they'd remain the boss Knowing he would pay the cost They saw he was severely reprimanded In the blackest cell on "A" Block He hanged himself at dawn With a note stuck to the bunk head Don't mess with me, just take me home Come and lay, help us lay young Billy down Luna was a Mexican the law called an alien For coming across the border with a baby and a wife Though the clothes upon his back were wet Still he thought that he could get Some money and things to start a life It hadn't been too very long when it seemed like everything went wrong They didn't even have the time to find themselves a home This foreigner, a brown-skin male Thrown into a Texas jail It left the wife and baby quite alone He eased the pain inside him With a needle in his arm But the dope just crucified him He died to no one's great alarm Come and lay, help us lay Young Luna down And we're gonna raze, raze the prisons To the ground Kilowatt was an aging con of 65 who stood a chance to stay alive And leave the joint and walk the streets again As the time he was to leave drew near He suffered all the joy and fear Of leaving 35 years in the pen And on the day of his release he was approached by the police Who took him to the warden walking slowly by his side The warden said "You won't remain here But it seems a state retainer Claims another 10 years of your life." He stepped out in the Texas sunlight The cops all stood around Old Kilowatt ran 50 yards Then threw himself down on the ground They might as well just have laid The old man down And we're gonna raze, raze the prisons To the ground Help us raze, raze the prisons To the ground Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Callin you, Corazon De Madera, Lavita, Noino, Stradafa, Tucome, Fammi Andar Via, Fotografie, Best Years of Our Lives, Blow Your Mind, Break Away, Coconut, Giddyup, Hakuna Matata, Hakuna Matata--Disney Mania, Holla!, I Just Want to Fool Around, I Thank Heaven, Its A Small World, Land Of The Sea And Sun, Make That Woman Dance, Move It Like This, Normal, Rat Race, Rich in Love, The Wave, We Rubbin, We Rubbin, Where Did I Go Wrong, Who Let The Dogs Out, You All Dat, You All Dat (feat Imani Coppola), You Make Me Ill, 3 Tha Hard Way, 3 The Hard Way, Beautiful Things, Biggest Part Of Me, I Confess, Innovation, Pep Talk, Rugged Ruff, Rugged Stuff, Special Forces, Spontaneity, True Honey Buns Dat Freak Shit, UKNOWHOWWEDU, Word Play, Walking On The Chinese Wall, Heartburn Boulevard, Jet Black Ash, Other Baez Joan song Lyrics A Stranger In My Place (307) (Kenny Rogers-Kin Lyrics A Stranger In My Place (3:07) (Kenny Rogers - Kin Lyrics All My Trials Lord Lyrics Amsterdam Lyrics Angeline Lyrics Asimbonanga Lyrics Blessed Are... Lyrics Blowin In The Wind Lyrics Diamonds And Rust Lyrics Edge Of Glory Lyrics Fifteen Month Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Bagaskara Katon Lyrics Bagatelle Lyrics Bagdad cafe Lyrics Baglieto Lyrics Baglioni Lyrics Baglioni Claudio Lyrics Claudio Baglioni Lyrics Baha Men Lyrics Bahamadia Lyrics Bailey Phillp Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy