t heres a lot of strange men in cell block ten but the strangest of them al l
was a friend of mine who spent his time s taring at the w all
s taring at the w all
as he stared at that wall so strong and tall you could h ear him softly cu rse
n obody at all ever climbed that wall b ut i'm gona be the f irst
y eah i'm gona be the f irst
the warden walked by and said son don't try I'd hate to see you f all
f or there is no doubt they'll carry you out if you e ver touch that wall
i f you ever touch that w all
well a years gone by since he made his try but I can still r ecall
h ow hard he tried and the way he died b ut he never made that w all
h e never made that w all
Theres never been a man ever shook this can but I know a man who t ried
t he newspapers called it a jail break plan but I know it was s uicide
I know it was s uicide