Marty Stuart - Walls Of A Prison lyrics

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I walked through the big yard, to feel the warm sunshine<br>

A ninety-nine year man, stepped over to me<br>

He offered a smoke, and said as I rolled it<br>

"Tomorrow I'm goin', to break out and go free"<br>

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"They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight<br>

But I know a way that a man can go free<br>

Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel<br>

The walls of a prison can never hold me"<br>

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I told him that, I'd have no part of his scheming<br>

My time would be up, one year from today<br>

His eyes blazed with fire, and he looked right through me<br>

Bitter, but broken, again he did say<br>

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"They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight<br>

But I know a way that a man can go free<br>

Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel<br>

The walls of a prison can never hold me"<br>

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Next morning at breakfast, the old man was missing<br>

Then we all heard the rifles high up on the wall<br>

He'd gone through the tunnel, just like he had promised<br>

And they said he was crying, when they saw him fall<br>

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They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight<br>

But I know a way that a man can go free<br>

Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel<br>

The walls of a prison can never hold me<br>

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