Life of a Prisoner (Live at Österåker Prison, Sweden - October 1972)-Johnny Cash

[ti:Life Of A Prisoner] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Setlist: The Very Best Of Johnny Cash LIVE] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Life of a Prisoner (Live at Österåker Prison, Sweden - October 1972) - Johnny Cash [00:18.92]Written by：Jimmy Lee W [00:37.85]He drinks a cup of coffee and way before the sun he's up and goin' [00:47.57]Out on a work detail [00:49.65]Cause he knows soon the morning whistle will begin to blowin' [00:57.68]All day out in that hot sun with no reward for any work he'll do [01:07.72]And then he'll come back in the evening [01:11.13]And dreams a lot of dreams that can't come true [01:19.15]This is the life of a prisoner forgotten man that's there to stay [01:32.46]He lives on faith and hope and courage and a few old dreams of yesterday [01:45.35]Well no one cares about him or [01:48.56]It seems at way to him as time goes by [01:55.04]One day is like the other and every time he prays he prays to die [02:05.29]He's been there for so long now [02:08.90]He wouldn't know how to talk to men outside [02:15.19]And though it's the life he lives for [02:18.93]He fears the day the gates swing open wide [02:26.34]This is the life of a prisoner forgotten man that's there to stay [02:39.67]He lives on faith and hope and courage and a few old dreams of yesterday [02:51.27]He lives on faith and hope and courage and a few old dreams of yesterday