Eastham Prison Farm Blues - Stripped Back
Well I was 21 in the slammer cuz I like cars that ain't mine
Then I was on the run with a hammer-fired gun smuggled to me by my wife
Before I could break stride they caught me with their light, they told me to raise my arms
Before the daylight by no surprise, I'm back in Eastham Prison Farm
Mmmhmm
Ahhah
Ahhah
Well I had to kill a man, he wouldn't leave me alone so I crushed his skull with a pipe
I put the blood on my buddy's hands he was already booked in for life
In order to make light of the labor inside, I had to cause myself some harm
I took a knife to my toes and I said my goodbyes to the Eastham Prison Farm
Ahhah
Mmmhmm
Mmmhmm
Once I left I never was again the same
When you're on the inside you do whatever it takes
You turn from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake
That no good tune could charm
I'm sorry sister Marie, yeah you're right that I changed
All cuz of Eastham Prison Farm
Mmmhmm
Mmmhmm
Mmmhmm
Two years, 16 warrants, and a handful of banks to our name
Elizabeth and Chestnut wanted for murder in four states
On our way to the Parish on the 23rd of May, emptied 130 rounds in our car
I died that day I'm still glad I escaped from the Eastham Prison Farm
Yeah, The Eastham Prison Farm
Well, The Eastham Prison Farm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Then I was on the run with a hammer-fired gun smuggled to me by my wife
Before I could break stride they caught me with their light, they told me to raise my arms
Before the daylight by no surprise, I'm back in Eastham Prison Farm
Mmmhmm
Ahhah
Ahhah
Well I had to kill a man, he wouldn't leave me alone so I crushed his skull with a pipe
I put the blood on my buddy's hands he was already booked in for life
In order to make light of the labor inside, I had to cause myself some harm
I took a knife to my toes and I said my goodbyes to the Eastham Prison Farm
Ahhah
Mmmhmm
Mmmhmm
Once I left I never was again the same
When you're on the inside you do whatever it takes
You turn from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake
That no good tune could charm
I'm sorry sister Marie, yeah you're right that I changed
All cuz of Eastham Prison Farm
Mmmhmm
Mmmhmm
Mmmhmm
Two years, 16 warrants, and a handful of banks to our name
Elizabeth and Chestnut wanted for murder in four states
On our way to the Parish on the 23rd of May, emptied 130 rounds in our car
I died that day I'm still glad I escaped from the Eastham Prison Farm
Yeah, The Eastham Prison Farm
Well, The Eastham Prison Farm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Mmmhmmm
Credits
Writer(s): Shannon Winant
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