Sampson And The Warden (Lp Version)-Loudon Wainwright III

[ti:Sampson And The Warden (Lp Version)] [ar:Loudon Wainwright III] [al:Album Ii] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.61]Once I got locked up in a dirty old jail [00:04.73] [00:05.42]And the coffee was cold & the cornbread was stale [00:09.16] [00:10.22]And I didn't cry I tried to be brave [00:13.84] [00:14.84]Till the warden tried to give me a haircut & a shave [00:18.72] [00:21.58]Warden you can hold me for a year in your jail [00:25.01] [00:26.20]But don't shave off my beard Don't cut my ponytail [00:29.26] [00:32.94]All you really found was some stems & some seeds [00:36.87] [00:38.12]I'll give you my earring & I'll give you my beads [00:42.05] [00:43.05]I don't mind wearing one o your prison suits [00:46.23] [00:47.60]I'll give you my bell-bottoms & my cowboy boots [00:51.59] [00:55.65]Don't shave off my beard Don't cut off my hair [00:59.15] [00:59.83]It took me two years to grow it & it just isn't fair [01:03.95] [01:36.40]Listen to me warden won't you listen to me beg [01:40.02] [01:41.33]Chop off a toe a foot or take a whole leg [01:45.13] [01:46.32]I'm down on my knees man you're robbing my strength [01:49.75] [01:51.44]Take it easy warden won't you leave me some length [01:54.93] [01:56.11]I want a lawyer warden I want a priest [01:59.86] [02:01.30]Oh take it easy warden leave the moustache at least [02:05.23] [02:10.41]The warden didn't hear a single word that I said [02:14.15] [02:15.02]He took off all the hair on my face & on my head [02:18.83] [02:20.01]But one day someone's gonna come [02:22.20]And gonna put up my bail [02:23.76] [02:25.19]And I'm gonna walk out of this dirty old jail [02:28.38] [02:29.87]And the warden who's the reason I'm sheddin my tears [02:34.12] [02:37.42]I'm gonna mail him in a snapshot in two or three years