Ellis Unit One

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I was fresh out of the service
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It was back in ‘82
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I raised some Cain when I came 
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back to town
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I meant to be all I could be
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Come home without a clue
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Married Dawn and had to settle 
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down
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So I hired on at the prison
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Guess I always knew I would
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Just like my dad and both my 
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uncles done
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Worked on every cell block
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Now, things're goin' good
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Then they transferred me to Ellis 
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Unit One


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Swing low
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Swing low
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Swing low and carry me home

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Now, my daddy used to talk about 
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them long nights at the walls
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And how they used to strap ‘em in 
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the chair
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The kids down from the college and
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 they'd bring their beer ‘n all
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When the lights went out, a cheer 
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rose in the air
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I guess  folks just got too 
civilized
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Old Sparky's gatherin' dust
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No one wants to touch a smokin' 
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gun
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They got that injection  now
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They don't mind as much, I guess
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Put ‘em down on Ellis Unit One
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A     B
Swing low
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Swing low
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Swing low and carry me home

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Well, I've seen ‘em fight like 
lions, boys
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I've seen 'em go like lambs
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And I've helped to drag ‘em when 
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they could not stand
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And I've heard their mamas cryin' 
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when they heard that big door slam
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I've seen the victim's family's 
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holdin' hands
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Last night I dreamed that I woke 
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up with straps across my chest
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And something cold and black 
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pullin' through my lungs
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Even Jesus couldn't save me though
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 I know he did his best
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But he don't live on Ellis Unit One