Marty Stuart - Walls Of A Prison lyrics

[Marty Stuart - Walls Of A Prison lyrics]

Written by Johnny Cash

I walked through the big yard
To feel the warm sunshine
A ninety-nine year man, stepped over to me
He offered a smoke, and said as I rolled it
Tomorrow I'm goin', to break out and go free

They feed us by sunlight
They watch us by spotlight
But I know a way that a man can go free
Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
The walls of a prison can never hold me

I told him that I'd have
No part of his scheming
My time would be up, one year from today
His eyes blazed with fire
And he looked right through me
Bitter, but broken, again he did say



They feed us by sunlight
They watch us by spotlight
But I know a way that a man can go free
Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
The walls of a prison can never hold me

Next morning at breakfast
The old man was missing
Then we all heard the rifles
High up on the wall
He'd gone through the tunnel
Just like he had promised
And they said he was crying
When they saw him fall

They feed us by sunlight
They watch us by spotlight
But I know a way that a man can go free
Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
The walls of a prison can never hold me

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