Percy's Song Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep 

Turn, turn, turn again 

Sayin' one of my friends is in trouble deep 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ears 

Turn, turn, turn again 

Juliet prison for ninety-nine years 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

A crash on the highway threw a car into a field 

Turn, turn, turn again 

There were four people killed and he was at the wheel 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

But I knew him as well as I know my own self 

Turn, turn, turn again 

And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

That may be so said the judge from the side of his mouth 

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But the witness who saw it, he left little doubt 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

He may, he may have a sentence to server 

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But ninety-nine years, he just does not deserve 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed 

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A sentence, it is passed and it can not be repealed 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none 

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And what happened to him could have happened to anyone 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

At that the judge jumped forward and his face it did freeze 

Turn, turn, turn again 

Sayin', Would you kindly leave my office now, please 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

I squinted my eyes and I stood up slow 

Turn, turn, turn again 

With no other choice except for me to go 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

I walked down the hall and I heard his door slam 

Turn, turn, turn again 

I walked down the stairs but I did not understand 

Turn, turn to the wind and the rain 

And I played my guitar through the night and through the day 

Turn, turn, turn again 

But the only tune that my guitar would play 

Was oh how cruel, the wind and the rain