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Last time we were here at Folsom Prison,
they were hanging Joe Bean. Is Joe still here...Joe Bean?
Hang the son of a bitch anyways, right?
Well, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning,
for killing a man in Arkansas. Funny thing about it,
Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas. On top of that,
Joe Bean never heard of the man. In fact, today is
Joe Bean's twentieth birthday.
SCee through the prison bars, Joe Bean,
see where the gallows stand, G
just tweCnty short yearsC7 from the day yoFu were born,
you diCed by the hangmaGn's hand. C
Yes, they're hangiCng Joe Bean this morning,
for a shooting that he never did, G
he kiClled 20 meC7n, by the tiFme he was 10,
he waCs an unGruly kidC.
Yes, they're hangiFng Joe Bean for the one shootiCng
that JoGe Bean never did. C
Well, JoeC, your mother is at the Capitol,
asking the governor for a stay. G
and it's haCrd on her, 'C7cause she knows wherFe you were,
on thaCt particGular daCy.
You were workiFng Joe Bean, hard working, C
Grobbing the Santa Fe.C
Well, the telCegraph wires are humming,
here, the governor's words come through. G
He said, "I caCn't set you freC7e, it's noFt up to me,
but there's muchC, Joe Bean, IG'll do. C
I'llF join your mother in extenCding birtGhday greetings to you, HapCpy Birthday, Joe Bean."
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