Joe Bean
Ton : CEnglish
Last time we were here at Folsom Prison
they were hanging Joe Bean. Is Joe still here...Joe Bean?
Hang the son of a bitch anyways right?
Well they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
for killing a man in Arkansas. Funny thing about it
Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas. On top of that
Joe Bean never heard of the man. In fact today is
Joe Bean's twentieth birthday.
SeCe through the prison bars Joe Bean
see where the gallows stand G
just twenCty short years C7from the day youF were born
you dieCd by the hangmanG's hand. C
Yes they're hanginCg Joe Bean this morning
for a shooting that he never did G
he kilCled 20 menC7 by the timFe he was 10
he wasC an unrGuly kid.C
Yes they're hanginFg Joe Bean for the one shootinCg
that JoeG Bean never did. C
Well Joe Cyour mother is at the Capitol
asking the governor for a stay. G
and it's harCd on her 'cC7ause she knows whereF you were
on thatC particuGlar dayC.
You were workinFg Joe Bean hard working C
rGobbing the Santa Fe.C
Well the teleCgraph wires are humming
here the governor's words come through. G
He said "I canC't set you freeC7 it's notF up to me
but there's much CJoe Bean I'Gll do. C
I'll Fjoin your mother in extendCing birthGday greetings to you HappCy Birthday Joe Bean."