One day a friend took me aside

and said I have to leave you

for buying something from a friend

they say I've done wrong

for protecting the name of a man

they say I'll have to leave you,

so now I'm bidding you farewell

for much too long.

And here's a song to sing,

for every man inside,

if he can hear you sing

it's an open door.

There's not a rich man there,

who couldn't pay his way

and buy the freedom that's a high price

for the poor.



Kids in Texas

smoking grass,

ten year sentence

comes to pass

Misdemeanor

in Ann Arbor,

ask the judges

Why?



One day a friend said to her kids

I'm gonna have to leave you

for selling something to the man

I guess I did wrong

and although I did the best I could

I'm gonna have to leave you

so now I'm kissing you farewell

for much too long.

And here's a song to sing,

for every man inside

if he can hear you sing

it's an open door.

There's not a rich man there

who couldn't pay his way

and buy the freedom that's a high price

for the poor.