Luyện nghe bài hát Paul Crump

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

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

But Crump is alive 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, a man should live

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

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

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

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

Then the convict found religion and he him to learn
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 Crump is alive
He's a sittin' in a cell, got somethin' to say
Every man has got to give
And if a man can change, then a man should

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

Well, the electric chair was cheated, the convict pay
A new concept of justice was born and that day
Now throughout this land there are others set to die
What better time now to question why?

But Paul 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