PRISON WALL BLUES

(G. Cannon - Traditional) 
 
Now my head is hanging down with these prison wall blues 
The white mule made me act a pop-eyed clown 
Now I got no time to lose 
When they bring you through that gate 
You wished you hadn't done it, but it's just to late 
You might as well laugh when you fall 
Now hollerin' won't get you far from behind these walls 

This is the first fence I ever saw 
In my life that I can't climb 
This fence'll make a high-yellow girl turn dark 
Makes a weak-eyed man go blind 
When I leave these walls, I'll be a runnin', dodgin' trees, 
See the bottom of my feet so many times 
You'll think I'm on my knees 

These prison wall blues keep a rollin' accross my mind 
I can't get a pardon the gov'ner wouldn't cut my time 
I once was lost, but now I'm found 
I'd've left this place a runnin' 
But I'm scared of those hounds 
These prison wall blues keep a rollin' across my mind