The Wall

Intro 

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There's a lot of strange men in cell Block 10 
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But the strangest of them all 
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Was a friend of mine who spent his time 
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Just staring at the wall 
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Staring at the wall 



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In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote 
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And it proves that crime don't pay 
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Was the very same gal he robbed and stole for 
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Naming her wedding day 
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Naming her wedding day 


 
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As he looked at the wall so strong and tall 
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I could hear him softly curse 
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Nobody at all ever climbed that wall 
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But I'm gonna be the first 
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I'm gonna be the first 



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The warden walked by and said son don't try 
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I would hate to see you fall 
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There is no doubt they would carry you out 
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If you ever touched that wall 
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Ever touched that wall 



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A year's gone by since he made his try 
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But I can still recall 
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How hard he tried and the way he died 
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But he never made that wall 
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He never made that wall 


 
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There's never been a man ever   shook this can 
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But I know a man who tried 
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The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan 
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But I know it was suicide 
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I know it was suicide 


Outro 

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