The Lag's Song-Ewan MacColl

[ti:The Lag's Song] [ar:Ewan MacColl] [al:Ballads & People] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lag's Song - Ewan MacColl [00:02.90]When I was a young lad [00:06.78] [00:07.90]Sometimes I'd wonder [00:11.42] [00:12.75]What happened to time when it passed [00:17.91] [00:19.47]Then one day I found out [00:22.61]That time just lands in prison [00:26.74] [00:29.16]And there it is held fast [00:34.26] [00:39.50]When I was a young man [00:44.06]I used to go courting [00:48.19]And dream of the moon and the stars [00:54.17] [00:56.59]The moon is still shining the dreams [01:01.93]They are all broken [01:05.26] [01:06.83]On these hard iron bars [01:11.74] [01:15.91]Look out of the window over the roofs there [01:24.09] [01:24.61]And over the walls see the sky [01:30.42] [01:33.00]Just one flying leap and you could make your getaway [01:41.05] [01:43.01]If only you could fly [01:48.43] [01:51.25]The prison is sleeping the night watch is keeping [02:00.22]The watch over seven hundred men [02:04.06] [02:06.55]And behind every cell door a sleeping lag is dreaming [02:14.54] [02:17.01]Oh to be free again [02:21.70] [02:26.27]Got time on my hands I've got time on my shoulder [02:35.73]Got plenty of time on my mind [02:41.43] [02:43.64]There's no summer or winter when once you land inside here [02:52.78] [02:55.55]Just that old prison grind