Luyện nghe bài hát Paul Crump

In the state of Illinois 'bout years ago
A cold killer, he went against the law
He killed a factory when his robbery did fail
And they him and they threw him into jail

He lay there in his cell, locked up with his
Not many men knew of him and less cared for his
And he knew no peace of when his trial was comin' by
The said, "You are guilty you must die"

But Paul Crump is alive
a sittin' in a cell, he's got somethin' to say
Every man has got to give
And if a man can change, then a man live

sent him to Cook County Jail, a jail known far and wide
Where pity was a stranger and brave men cry
locked him in the death row to count the days before
To the day they a knockin' at his door

But warden came along, Jack Johnson was his name
He knew how prison could drive a man to shame
He had no need of pistols in a cell
When a word of trust would help him just as

Now Paul Crump is today
He's a sittin' in a cell, he's got to say
man has got something to give
And if a man can change, then a man should

Between the warden and the convict, a friendship grew
And one learned from the other that a man can anew
Then the warden called the convict, "You must the devil's plan
The has come for you to be a man"

Then the convict found religion and he started him to
He wrote himself a novel 'Burn, Killer, Burn'
And as his dying day grew near, to the he did cry
"You must the switch and I must die"

But Paul is alive today
He's a sittin' in a cell, got somethin' to say
man has got something to give
And if a man can change, then a man should

It was up to Governor Kerner to keep him from the
Was a reason to be saved?
The hour was comin' closer, the word was spread
A new and answer must be found

Well, the electric was cheated, the convict didn't pay
A new concept of justice was born and that day
Now this peaceful land there are others set to die
better time than now to question why?

But Crump is alive today
He's a in a cell, he's got somethin' to say
Every man has got to give
And if a man can change, then a man live