Bad news, bad news,

Come to me where I sleep,

Turn, turn, turn again.

Sayin' one of your friends

Is in trouble deep,

Turn, turn to the rain

And the wind.



Tell me the trouble,

Tell once to my ear,

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Joliet prison

And ninety-nine years,

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And the wind.



Oh what's the charge

Of how this came to be,

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Manslaughter

In the highest of degree,

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And the wind.



I sat down and wrote

The best words I could write,

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Explaining to the judge

I'd be there on Wednesday night,

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And the wind.



Without a reply,

I left by the moon,

Turn, turn, turn again.

And was in his chambers

By the next afternoon,

Turn, turn to the rain

And the wind.



Could ya tell me the facts?

I said without fear,

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That a friend of mine

Would get ninety-nine years,

Turn, turn to the rain

And the wind.



A crash on the highway

Flew the car to a field,

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There was four persons killed

And he was at the wheel,

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And the wind.



But I knew him as good

As I'm knowin' myself,

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And he wouldn't harm a life

That belonged to someone else,

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And the wind.



The judge spoke

Out of the side of his mouth,

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Sayin', "The witness who saw,

He left little doubt,"

Turn, turn to the rain

And the wind.



That may be true,

He's got a sentence to serve,

Turn, turn, turn aga