Joan Baez - Prison trilogy billy rose

^GBilly Rose was a low rider, ^HmBilly Rose was a night fighter ^C Billy Rose knew trouble like the ^Gsound of his own ^Dname ^AmBusted on a drunken charge ^CDriving someone else's car The ^Cmlocal midnight sheriff's claim to f^Game

In an ^GArizona jail there are ^Hmsome who tell the tale, how ^CBilly fought the sergeant for some ^Gmilk that he de^Dmanded ^AmKnowing they'd remain the boss ^CKnowing he would pay the cost They ^Cmsaw he was severely reprim^Ganded

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

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

^GLuna was a Mexican the ^Hmlaw calls an alien For ^Ccoming across the border with a ^Gbaby and a ^Dwife Though the ^Amclothes upon his back were wet ^CStill he thought that he could get Some ^Cmmoney and things to start a l^Gife

It ^Ghadn't been too very long when it ^Hmseemed like everything went wrong They ^Cdidn't even have the time to ^Gfind themselves a ^Dhome This ^Amforeigner, a brown-skin male ^CThrown inside a Texas jail It ^Cmleft the wife and baby quite al^Gone

He ^Emeased the pain in^Hmside him With a ^Emneedle in his ^Hmarm But the ^Emdope just cruci^Hmfied 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 ^Hm65 who stood a chance to s^Ctay alive And leave the joint and ^Gwalk the streets ^Dagain As the ^Amtime he was to leave drew near He ^Csuffered all the joy and fear Of ^Cmleaving 35 years in the p^Gen

And ^Gon the day of his release he ^Hmwas approached by the police Who ^Ctook him to the warden walking ^Gslowly by his ^Dside The ^AMwarden said "You won't remain here ^CBut it seems a state retainer ^CmClaims another 10 years of your l^Gife."

He stepped ^Emout in the Texas ^Hmsunlight The ^Emcops all stood a^Hmround Old ^EmKilowatt ran ^Hm50 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