Joe Bean - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968

Well, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
For killing a man in Arkansas
Funny thing about it, Joe Bean
Never even heard of the man
On top of that, Joe Bean never heard of the man
Infect, today is Joe Bean's 20th birthday

See through the prison bars Joe Bean
See where the gallows stand
Just 20 short years from the day you were born
You'll die by the hangman's hand

Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
For a shooting that he never did
He killed 20 men
By the time he was ten, he was an unruly kid

Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting
That Joe Bean never did
Well Joe, your mother is at the Capitol
Asking the governor for a stay

And it's hard on her
Because she knows where you were, on that particular day
You were working Joe Bean, hard working
Robbing the Santa Fe

Well, the telegraph wires are humming
Here, the governor's words come through
He said, I can't set you free
It's not up to me, but there's much, Joe Bean, I'll do

I'll join your mother in extending birthday greetings to you
Happy birthday, Joe Bean

Alright, Jude! Jude Cutler
(Let's Jude out here)
Jude!
Let's Jude Cutler in a turn of seat three back here, right now
(Happy birthday)

C'mon bro
Hey, will you sing a song with me
I'll be very please to sing a song with you
She look nice (thank you)

I'm glade to be back in Folsom
Well, I like that -
I like what you talk
I'm talking with my mouth
Alright, let's sing a song