Paul Crump [Demo-Version] Phil Ochs

[Intro]
Here's a song in A minor up five
It's called "Paul Crump", it tells the story of, um
Of a man who killed another man in Chicago in 1953
And while he was sitting in jail
He begun appealing his sentence, and, um, winning
And, um, began educating himself
Wrote a novel called Burn, Killer, Burn
And, uh, just last year his sentence
Uh, was commuted by the governor of Illinois
Now he's still sitting, he's still in jail there now, and, um
His case will be used in a lot of arguments about rehabilitation versus capital punishment

[Verse 1]
In the statе of Illinois 'bout nine years ago
A cold blooded killеr, he went against the law
He killed a factory guard when his robbery did fail
And they caught him and they threw him into jail

[Verse 2]
He lay there in his cell locked up with his hate
Not many men knew of him and less cared for his fate
And he knew no peace of mind when his trial did come by
The judge said, "You are guilty, you must die"

[Chorus]
But Paul Crump is alive today
He's a-sittin' in a cell, he's got somethin' to say
Every human's got something to give
And if a man can change, then a man should live