Johnny Cash - Life Of A Prisoner lyrics

He drinks a cup of coffee and way
Before the sun he's up and going
Out on a work detail cause he knows soon
The morning whistle will begin to blowing
All day out in that hot sun with
No reward for any work he'll do
And then he'll come back in the evening
And dreams a lot of dreams
That can't come true

This is the life of a prisoner
Forgotten man that's there to stay
He lives on faith and hope and courage
And a few old dreams of yesterday

Well no one cares about him or it seems
At way to him as time goes by
One day is like the other and every
Time he prays he prays to die
He's been there for so long now he wouldn't
Know how to talk to men outside
And though it's the life he lives for he
Fears the day the gates swing open wide

This is the life of a prisoner
He lives on faith and hope and courage
And a few old dreams of yesterday