Sa n Quentin, you've been livin'h ell to me
You 've hosted me sin ce nineteen s ixty three
I'v e seen 'em come a nd go and I've see n th em di e
And long ago I stopped a skin'why
San Quentin, I hate evry inch of you.
You've cut me and have scarred me thru an'thru.
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man;
Mister Congressman why can't you understand.
San Quentin, what good do you think you do ?
Do you think I'll be different when you're through ?
You bent my heart and mind and you may my soul,
And your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
May your walls fall and may I live to tell.
May all the world forget you ever stood.
And may all the world regret you did no good.
San Quentin, you've been