Misc Originals - Graziano lai - block 5 blues

^AmThis ain’t a song of hope or grace ^E7It’s Block fives echo, ^Ama hollow place.

^AmFrom my cell window in Block Five, ^DmI see nothin’ but a^Am dark grey sky. ^AmEight by eight, my living space ^E7Time enough to ^Amface disgrace. ^AmA bed, a sink, and a steel WC ^DmThat’s the rest of m^Amy company. ^AmBoots tap down the corridor, ^E7Unknown world past m^Amy iron door. ^AmAnd sometimes, just to break the sound, ^DmA siren screams or a ^Amhound barks loud. ^AmOne same book, I know each line ^E7It speaks of life t^Amhat once was mine. ^AmDon’t need a ball, don’t need a chain — ^E7Got no place to go, ^Amjust a place to stay.

^FYesterday’s twin is^G tomorrow ^CSame grey walls, ^E7same hollow sorrow. ^AmDon’t know how long I’ve been inside ^DmThis concrete tomb^E7 became my hide. ^FNothing ever shifts^G or sways — ^AmA life sentence means ^E7a life of pain.

^AmEvery man has a right to be free, ^DmTill he falls for a cap^Amital plea. ^AmMaximum security classifies ^E7This place where isolati^Amon thrives. ^AmNow and then I see a face, ^DmWhen they march us to t^Amhe movie place. ^AmA cigarette, a quiet word — ^E7We talk of dreams, and t^Amhings absurd. ^AmI see Kevin sit by Ted — ^DmKillers in love, hand^Am to hand they tread. ^AmBut in their kindness, soft and true, ^E7I glimpse a spark that ^Amstill shines through. ^AmThe guards ain’t cruel — they just let me be, ^DmThey know how long I’m b^Amound to this decree. ^AmFreedom lives in my dreams at night — ^E7When I close my eyes and^Am take that flight. ^AmNo way out, no break, no plan — ^E7Until my soul flies^Am free again.

^FYe^Gsterday’s twin is tomorrow — ^CSame grey walls, same holl^E7ow sorrow. ^AmDon’t know how long I’ve been inside — ^DmThis concrete tomb bec^E7ame my hide. ^FNothing ever shifts ^Gor sways — ^AmA life sentence means a^E7 life of pain.

^AmI count the cracks in the ceiling tiles, ^DmMarkin’ time in ^Amcrooked miles. ^AmA voice inside still hums a tune — ^E7Low like a dog cry^Amin’ at the moon. ^FHope’s a flicker,^G buried deep — ^AmI rock myself back^E7 into sleep...

^AmWhen fate unlocks my rusted gate, ^E7Only then I’ll leave ^Amthis state...