Behind the Eyes of Henri Young-Kasey Chambers

Behind the Eyes of Henri Young - Kasey Chambers Sent him away in 38 california state the case was tried Henry young was an orphan son came undone when his sister cried His time he'd serve he'd stole for her Free men until five dollar bill But the grocery store had a postal door Federal law had to intervene And underneath of all this disbelief Was a petty thief who was just 17 He'd come at last to Alcatraz He'd come so far with a weary heart And as sure as my name is Henry Young I never meant to hurt no one I'd take back everything I stole if God would come and save my soul And then they'll hear these cries An innocent man behind these eyes Well he stayed up late for the prison bright Can I tried to escape but the plan was blown And he begged and prayed but the warden came Threw him away down in the hole For 19 days he was meant to stay But he disappeared for three long years Well they headed down to the underground They let him out to return to his room And a morning came he was never The same and he stabbed Mccain with the handle of the spoon From days gone past to Alcatraz From a man who steals to a man who kills And as sure as my name is Henry Young I never meant to hurt no one I'd take back everything I stole if God would come and save my soul And then they'll hear these cries An innocent man behind these eyes Well the year was told on the radio Dimaggio and the war was at it's worst Henry Young was an orphan son Who came undone with murder in the first Death by gas In Alcatraz Good man when he came so who's the one to blame And as sure as my name is Henry Young I never meant to hurt no one I'd take back everything I stole if God would come and save my soul And then they'll hear these cries An innocent man behind these eyes