Luyện nghe bài hát Paul Crump

In the state of Illinois nine years ago
A cold blooded killer, he went 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 of him and less cared for his fate
And he knew no peace of mind his trial was comin' by
The judge said, "You are guilty you die"

But Paul is alive 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 jail known far and
Where pity was a stranger and brave men cry
locked him in the death row to count the days before
To the day they came a knockin' at his

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

Now 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 should

the warden 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 plan
The time has for you to be a man"

Then the found religion and he started him to learn
He wrote himself a novel '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 alive
He's a sittin' in a cell, got somethin' to say
man has got something to give
And if a man can change, a man should live

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

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

But Crump 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