[00:00.61]Once I got locked up in a dirty old jail
[00:04.73]
[00:05.42]And the coffee was cold & the cornbread was stale
[00:09.16]
[00:10.22]And I didn't cry I tried to be brave
[00:13.84]
[00:14.84]Till the warden tried to give me a haircut & a shave
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[00:21.58]Warden you can hold me for a year in your jail
[00:25.01]
[00:26.20]But don't shave off my beard Don't cut my ponytail
[00:29.26]
[00:32.94]All you really found was some stems & some seeds
[00:36.87]
[00:38.12]I'll give you my earring & I'll give you my beads
[00:42.05]
[00:43.05]I don't mind wearing one o your prison suits
[00:46.23]
[00:47.60]I'll give you my bell-bottoms & my cowboy boots
[00:51.59]
[00:55.65]Don't shave off my beard Don't cut off my hair
[00:59.15]
[00:59.83]It took me two years to grow it & it just isn't fair
[01:03.95]
[01:36.40]Listen to me warden won't you listen to me beg
[01:40.02]
[01:41.33]Chop off a toe a foot or take a whole leg
[01:45.13]
[01:46.32]I'm down on my knees man you're robbing my strength
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[01:51.44]Take it easy warden won't you leave me some length
[01:54.93]
[01:56.11]I want a lawyer warden I want a priest
[01:59.86]
[02:01.30]Oh take it easy warden leave the moustache at least
[02:05.23]
[02:10.41]The warden didn't hear a single word that I said
[02:14.15]
[02:15.02]He took off all the hair on my face & on my head
[02:18.83]
[02:20.01]But one day someone's gonna come
[02:22.20]And gonna put up my bail
[02:23.76]
[02:25.19]And I'm gonna walk out of this dirty old jail
[02:28.38]
[02:29.87]And the warden who's the reason I'm sheddin my tears
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[02:37.42]I'm gonna mail him in a snapshot in two or three years