Go Down You Broken Old Man
Paul ArensonOriginal | "In the original I had more verses, but then somehow they didn’t... |
GO DOWN YOU BROKEN OLD MAN Twilight has blanketed old country jail the prisoners ain't sleeping, they're silently waiting and counting the days till the door is swung wide and summertime welcomes them home.. Go down you broken old shell of a man down where the young river rolls The cage that has sprung you has robbed you of sight and you are still caught in the night.. To keep all our children from going to crime we'll lock them in schoolrooms and structure their time and we'll give them their freedom when lessons are learned so life will not lead them astray.. Go down you broken old shell of a man down where the young river rolls The cage that has sprung you has robbed you of sight and you are still caught in the night.. Well the cage that has sprung you has robbed you of sight and you are still caught in the night.. | OMITTED LYRICS FROM THIS RECORDING (After first verse) A black, broken prisoner lies lifeless and cold He slept with a white girl just 10 years ago But no-one condemns the white settler men Who brought their religion then took all the land. |