Luyện nghe bài hát Paul Crump

In the state of Illinois 'bout nine ago
A blooded killer, he went against the law
He a factory guard when his robbery did fail
And they caught him and 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 when his trial was by
The said, "You are guilty you must die"

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

They sent him to Cook County Jail, a jail known far and
Where pity was a and brave men often cry
They locked him in the row to count the days before
To the day came 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 cell
When a word of 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 and the convict, a friendship slowly grew
And one learned from the other that a man can anew
Then the warden called the convict, "You must leave the devil's
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 near, to the warden he did cry
"You pull the switch and I must die"

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

It was up to Governor Kerner to him from 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 was cheated, the convict didn't pay
A new concept of justice was and raised that day
Now throughout this peaceful land are others set to die
better time than now to question why?

But Crump is alive today
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