Prison Song Lyrics - Csny 1974 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young

One day a friend took me aside 

and said I have to leave you 

for buying something from a friend 

they say I've done wrong 

for protecting the name of a man 

they say I'll have to leave you, 

so now I'm bidding you farewell 

for much too long. 

And here's a song to sing, 

for every man inside, 

if he can hear you sing 

it's an open door. 

There's not a rich man there, 

who couldn't pay his way 

and buy the freedom that's a high price 

for the poor. 

Kids in Texas 

smoking grass, 

ten year sentence 

comes to pass 

Misdemeanor 

in Ann Arbor, 

ask the judges 

Why? 

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Another friend said to her kids 

I'm gonna have to leave you 

for selling something to the man 

I guess I did wrong 

and although I did the best I could 

I'm gonna have to leave you 

so now I'm kissing you farewell 

for much too long. 

And here's a song to sing, 

for every man inside 

if he can hear you sing 

it's an open door. 

There's not a rich man there 

who couldn't pay his way 

and buy the freedom that's a high price 

for the poor.