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..
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..
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