Luyện nghe bài hát Paul Crump

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

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

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

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

Now Paul Crump is 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, a man should live

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

the convict found religion and he started 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 the switch and I must die"

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

It was up to Governor to keep him from the grave
Was rehabilitation a to be saved?
The hour was comin' closer, the was spread around
A new and better must be found

Well, the chair was cheated, the convict didn't pay
A new concept of justice was and raised that day
Now throughout peaceful land there are others set to die
better 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 live