Steve Earle - Ellis Unit One текст песни

I was fresh out of the service

It was back in 82

I raised some cain when I come back to town

I left to be all I could be

Come home without a clue

Now, I married dawn and had to settle down

So I hired on at the prison

Guess I always knew I would

Just like my dad and both my uncles done

And I worked on every cell block

Now, thingsre goin good

But then they transferred me to ellis unit one

Swing low

Swing low

Swing low and carry me home

Well, my daddy used to talk about them long nights at the walls

And how they used to strap em in the chair

The kids down from the college and theyd bring their beer n all

n when the lights went out, a cheer rose in the air

Well, folks just got too civilized

Sparkys gatherin dust

cause no one wants to touch a smokin gun

And since they got the injection

They dont mind as much, I guess

They just put em down at ellis unit one

Swing low

Swing low

Swing low and carry me home

Well, Ive seen em fight like lions, boys

Ive seen em go like lambs

And Ive helped to drag em when they could not stand

And Ive heard their mamas cryin when they heard that big door slam

And Ive seen the victims family holdin hands

Last night I dreamed that I woke up with straps across my chest

And something cold and black pullin through my lungs

n even jesus couldnt save me though I know he did his best

But he dont live on ellis unit one

Swing low

Swing low

Swing low and carry me home

Swing low

Dont let go

Swing low and carry me home