Bad news, bad news to me where I sleep Turn, turn, turn one of your friends is in trouble deep Turn, turn to the and the wind
me the trouble, tell me once to my ear Turn, turn, again Joliet prison and years Turn, turn to the and the wind
Oh what's the charge of how this to be? Turn, turn, again in the highest of degrees Turn, to the rain and the wind
I sat down and the best words I could write Turn, turn, turn Explaining to the judge I'd be there on night Turn, turn to the and the wind
Without a reply I left by the Turn, turn, again And was in his by the next afternoon Turn, turn to the rain and the
Could you tell me the facts, I said without Turn, turn, again That a friend of would get ninety-nine years Turn, turn to the and the wind
A crash on the highway flew the car to a Turn, turn, again There was four persons and he was at the wheel Turn, turn to the and the wind
But I know him as good as I'm knowin' Turn, turn, turn And he harm a life that belonged to someone else Turn, turn to the and the wind
The judge he spoke out of the side of his Turn, turn, again Sayin',"The who saw he left no doubt" Turn, turn to the and the wind
may be true, he's got a sentence to serve Turn, turn, again But ninety-nine years, he just deserve Turn, to the rain and the wind
Too late, too late for his it is sealed Turn, turn, turn His sentenced is passed and it cannot be Turn, to the rain and the wind
But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is Turn, turn, again What happened to him happen to anyone Turn, turn to the and the wind
And at the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze Turn, turn, turn Sayin',"Could you kindly my office now, please" Turn, to the rain and the wind
The room was funny and I up so slow Turn, turn, turn With no choice except for to go Turn, to the rain and the wind
I down the hallway and I heard his door slam Turn, turn, turn I down the courthouse stairs and I did not understand Turn, turn to the and the wind
And I played my through the night to the day Turn, turn, turn And the only my guitar could play Was, "Oh the cruel and the wind"