Song Lyrics Baez Joan - Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) (4:23)    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> B>> Baez Joan Singer Lyrics [Baez Joan other resources]>> Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) (4:23) Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Baez Joan Music Title/Track: Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) (4:23) Theme ID: 3683 Album: N/A Billy Rose was a low rider; Billy Rose was a night figher Billy Rose knew trouble like the sound of his own name Busted on a drunken charge Drivin' 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 nIn 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 comin' 'cross 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 that make 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 at his side The warden said "You won't remain here But ist 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 tho the ground Related Lyrics Random lyrics: The 33rd Of August, The Brand New Tennessee Waltz, THE DREAM SONG, The Night They Drove Old Dixi Down, The Partisan La Complainte Du Partisan 317 H, The Partisan (La Complainte Du Partisan) (3:17) (H, The Salt Of The Earth, THREE HORSES, Through Your Hands, To Bobby 353 Joan Baez, To Bobby (3:53) (Joan Baez), Tumbleweed 332 Douglas Van Arsdale, Tumbleweed (3:32) (Douglas Van Arsdale), When Time Is Stolen, Amsterdam, Edge of Glory, Im With You, Isaac & Abraham, Play Me Backwards, Steal Across the Border, Stones in the Road, Strange Rivers, The Dream Song, Diamonds and Rust, El Preso Numero Nueve, Famous Blue Raincoat, Gracias a la Vida, Let It Be, Llego Con Tres Heridas, No Nos Moveran, No Woman, No Cry, Crack In The Mirror, February, Lily, Mercy Bound, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Jesse, Suzanne, Sweet Sir Galahad, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Asimbonanga, James & The Gang, Recently, China, Speaking Of Dreams, A Heartfelt Line Or Two, Luba The Baroness, Miracles, Time Rag, For Sasha, 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