
Date of issue: 05.12.2005
Record label: Atlantic, Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Samson and the Warden |
Once I got locked up in a dirty old jail |
And the coffee was cold and the cornbread was stale |
And I didn’t cry, I tried to be brave |
Till the warden tried to give me a haircut and a shave |
Warden you can hold me for a year in your jail |
But don’t shave off my beard, don’t cut my ponytail |
All you really found was some stems and some seeds |
I’ll give you my earring and I’ll give you my beads |
I don’t mind wearing one of your prison suits |
I’ll give you my bell-bottoms and my cowboy boots |
Don’t shave off my beard, don’t cut off my hair |
It took me two years to grow it, and it just isn’t fair |
Listen to me warden, won’t you listen to me beg |
Chop off a toe, a foot, or take a whole leg |
I’m down on my knees man, you’re robbing my strength |
Take it easy warden, won’t you leave me some length |
I want a lawyer warden, I want a priest |
Oh take it easy warden, leave the moustache at least |
The warden didn’t hear a single word that I said |
He took off all the hair on my face and on my head |
But one day someone’s gonna come |
And gonna put up my bail |
And I’m gonna walk out of this dirty old jail |
And the warden who’s the reason I’m sheddin my tears |
I’m gonna mail him in a snapshot in two or three years |
Song tags: #Sampson And The Warden
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