The Walls of a Prison Johnny Cash

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[Spoken intro]
It's not always the land that's the hardest and bitterest
It's the man who has the hard bitter attitude
Toward his fellow man or toward the land
Such is the case that you will find in this following song
About a man's attitude toward his fellow man and toward this land

[Verse 1]
I walked in the big yard to feel the warm sunshine
A ninety-nine year man stepped over to me
He offered a smoke and he said as I rolled it
Tomorrow I'm going to break out and go free

[Chorus]
They watch us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight
But I know a way for a man to go free
Down under my cell I'm digging a tunnel
The walls of a prison will never hold me

[Verse 2]
I told him that I'd have no part of his scheming
My time would be over one year from today
His eyes blazed with fire and he looked right through me
Bitter but broken again he did say:

[Chorus]

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