Joan Baez - Prison trilogy billy rose

^GBilly Rose was a low rider, ^GBilly Rose was a night fighter ^C Billy Rose knew trouble like the ^Gsound of his own ^Dname ^DBusted on a drunken charge ^DDriving someone else's car The ^Dlocal midnight sheriff's claim to ^Gfame

In an ^GArizona jail there are ^Gsome who tell the tale, how ^CBilly fought the sergeant for some ^Gmilk that he de^Dmanded ^DKnowing they'd remain the boss ^DKnowing he would pay the cost They ^Dsaw he was severely repri^Gmanded

In the ^Emblackest cell on ^DA Block He ^Emhanged himself at ^Ddawn With a ^Emnote stuck to the ^Dbunk head Don't ^Ammess with me, just take me ^Dhome

Come and ^Emlay, help us ^Dlay young Billy ^Gdown

^GLuna was a Mexican the ^Glaw calls an alien For ^Ccoming across the border with a ^Gbaby and a ^Dwife Though the ^Dclothes upon his back were wet ^DStill he thought that he could get Some ^Dmoney and things to start a ^Glife

It ^Ghadn't been too very long when it ^Gseemed like everything went wrong They ^Cdidn't even have the time to ^Gfind themselves a ^Dhome This ^Dforeigner, a brown-skin male ^DThrown inside a Texas jail It ^Dleft the wife and baby quite a^Glone

He ^Emeased the pain in^Dside him With a ^Emneedle in his ^Darm But the ^Emdope just cruci^Dfied him He ^Amdied to no one's great a^Dlarm

Come and ^Emlay, help us ^Dlay Young Luna ^Gdown And we're gonna ^Emraze, raze the ^Dprisons To the ^Gground

^GKilowatt was an aging con of ^G65 who stood a chance to ^Cstay alive And leave the joint and ^Gwalk the streets ^Dagain As the ^Dtime he was to leave drew near He ^Dsuffered all the joy and fear Of ^Dleaving 35 years in the ^Gpen

And ^Gon the day of his release he ^Gwas approached by the police Who ^Ctook him to the warden walking ^Gslowly by his ^Dside The ^Dwarden said "You won't remain here ^DBut it seems a state retainer ^DClaims another 10 years of your ^Glife."

He stepped ^Emout in the Texas ^Dsunlight The ^Emcops all stood a^Dround Old ^EmKilowatt ran ^D50 yards Then ^Amthrew himself down on the ^Dground

They might as ^Emwell just have ^Dlaid The old man ^Gdown And we're gonna ^Emraze, raze the ^Dprisons To the ^Gground Help us ^Emraze, raze the ^Dprisons To the ^Gground