Текст песни Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) - Joan Baez
Billy
Rose
was
a
low
rider,
Billy
Rose
was
a
night
fighter
Billy
knew
trouble
like
the
sound
of
his
own
name
Busted
on
a
drunken
charge
driving
someone
else′s
car
The
local
midnight
sheriffs
claim
to
fame
In
an
Arizona
jail
there
are
some
who
tell
the
tale
how
Billy
fought
the
sergeant
for
some
milk
that
he
demanded
Knowing
they'd
remain
the
boss,
knowing
he
would
pay
the
cost
They
saw
he
was
severely
repremanded
In
the
blackest
cell
on
"A"
Block
He
hanged
himself
at
dawn
With
a
note
stuck
to
the
bunk
head
Don′t
mess
with
me,
just
take
me
home
Come
lay,
help
us
lay
Young
Billy
down
Luna
was
a
Mexican
the
law
called
an
alien
For
coming
across
the
border
with
a
baby
and
a
wife
Though
the
clothes
upon
his
back
were
wet
still
he
thought
That
he
could
get
some
money
and
things
to
start
a
life
It
hadn't
been
to
very
long
when
it
seemed
like
everything
went
wrong
They
didn't
even
have
the
time
to
find
themselves
a
home
This
foreigner,
a
brown-skin
male
thrown
into
a
Texas
jail
It
left
the
wife
and
baby
quite
alone
He
eased
the
pain
inside
him
With
a
needle
in
his
arm
But
the
dope
just
crucified
him
He
died
to
no
one′s
great
alarm
Come
lay,
help
us
lay
young
Luna
down
Were
gonna
raze,
raze
the
prisons
to
the
ground
Kilowatt
was
an
aging
con
of
65
who
stood
a
chance
to
stay
alive
And
leave
the
joint
and
walk
the
streets
again
As
the
time
he
was
to
leave
drew
near
he
suffered
all
the
joy
and
fear
Of
leaving
35
years
in
the
pen
And
on
the
day
of
his
release
he
was
approached
by
the
police
Who
took
him
to
te
warden
walking
slowly
by
his
side
The
warden
said
"You
won′t
remain
here
but
it
seems
a
state
retainer
Claims
another
10
years
of
your
life"
He
stepped
out
in
the
Texas
sunlight
The
cops
all
stood
around
Old
Kilowatt
ran
50
yards
Then
threw
himself
on
the
ground
They
may
as
well
just
laid
the
old
man
down
And
we're
gonna
raze,
raze
the
prisons
to
the
ground
Help
us
raze
the
prisons
to
the
ground
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