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.
