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 factory guard when his did fail
And they caught him and they him into jail

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then the convict found religion and he him to learn
He wrote a novel called 'Burn, Killer, Burn'
And as his day grew near, to the warden he did cry
"You must pull the and I must die"

But Crump is alive today
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 from the
Was rehabilitation a reason to be
The hour was comin' closer, the word was around
A new and better answer be found

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

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