joe bean

last time we were here at folsom prison

they were hanging joe bean

is joe still here.joe bean?

hang the son of a bitch anyways

right?

well

they're hanging joe bean this morning

for killing a man in arkansas

funny thing about it

joe bean has never been to arkansas

on top of that

joe bean never heard of the man

in fact

today is joe bean's twentieth birthday

see through the prison bars

joe bean

see where the gallows stand

just twenty short years from the day you were born

you died by the hangman's hand. yes

they're hanging joe bean this morning

for a shooting that he never did

he killed 20 men

by the time he was 10

he was an unruly kid. yes

they're hanging joe bean for the one shooting that joe bean never did. well

joe - your mother is at the capitol

asking the governor for a stay

and it's hard on her

'cause she knows where you were

on that particular day

you were working joe bean

hard working

robbing the santa fe. well

the telegraph wires are humming

here

the governor's words come through

he said

i can't set you free