Four Walls (The Ballad Of Perry Smith)
These four walls to keep youOne floor to sleep upon and onlyThese four walls to keep youThese four walls contain youSupposed to save you from yourself andThese four walls in HolcombTo keep you from the sun
And now we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't knowNow we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't know
We could be born to anything and now, and nowWhat you have done is terribleAnd now you, and now youNow you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you
These four walls will keep youUntil you face the ropeYou've only these four walls before they,in cold blood, hang you up
And now we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't knowNow we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't know
We could be born to anything and now, and nowWhat you have done is terribleAnd now you, and now youNow you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you(Now you carry it with youCarry it with youCarry it with you)
There's no view from here,no view from here, no view from hereAll you see's the skyClouds passing by, clouds passing by
We could be born to anything and now, and nowWhat you have done is terribleAnd now, and nowNow you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with youNow you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you
Now you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you
This is a collect call from Kansas State Penitentiary:"Being brought up one way and trying to see another way is very difficult"