Steve Earle - Ellis Unit One

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I was fresh out of the service 'n it was back in '82

I raised some Cain, when I come back to town

I left to be all I could be, come home without a clue

Now, I married Dawn and had to settle down



So I hired on at the prison

Guess, I always knew I would

Just like my dad and both my uncles done



And I worked on every cell block

Now, and things're goin' good

But then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One



Swing low

Swing low

Swing low

And carry me home



Well, my Daddy used to talk

About them long nights at the walls

And how they used to strap 'em in the chair



The kids down from the college

And they'd bring their beer 'n all

'N when the lights went out

A cheer rose in the air



Well, folks just got too civilized

Sparky's gatherin' dust

'Cause no one wants to touch a smokin' gun



And since they got the injection

They don't mind as much, I guess

They just put 'em down at Ellis Unit One



Swing low

Swing low

Swing low

And carry me home



Well, I've seen 'em fight like lions, boys

I've seen 'em go like lambs

And I've helped to drag 'em

When they could not stand



And I've heard their mamas cryin'

When they heard that big door slam

And I've seen the victim's family holdin' hands



Last night I dreamed that I woke up

With straps across my chest

And something cold and black, pullin' through my lungs



'N even Jesus couldn't save me though

I know He did his best

But He don't live on Ellis Unit One



Swing low

Swing low

Swing low

And carry me home



Swing low

Don't let go

Swing low

And carry me home



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