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

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? 

One day a 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