Eastham Prison Farm Blues (Stripped Back) Lyrics

Well I was 21 in the slammer cuz I like cars that ain't mine

Then I was on the run with a hammer-fired gun smuggled to me by my wife

Before I could break stride they caught me with their light, they told me to raise my arms

Before the daylight by no surprise I'm back in Eastham Prison Farm

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Well I had to kill a man he wouldn't leave me alone so I crushed his skull with a pipe

I put the blood on my buddy's hands he was already booked in for life

In order to make light of the labor inside, I had to cause myself some harm

I took a knife to my toes and I said my goodbyes to the Eastham Prison Farm

Ahhah

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Once I left I never was again the same

When you're on the inside you do whatever it takes

You turn from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake

That no good tune could charm

I'm sorry sister Marie, yeah you're right that I changed

All cuz of Eastham Prison Farm

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Two years, 16 warrants, and a handful of banks to our name

Elizabeth and Chestnut wanted for murder in four states

On our way to the Parish on the 23rd of May, emptied 130 rounds in our car

I died that day I'm still glad I escaped from the Eastham Prison Farm

Yeah, The Eastham Prison Farm

Well, The Eastham Prison Farm

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