Luyện nghe bài hát Paul Crump

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

He lay there in his cell, locked up 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 judge said, "You are 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, a man should live

They sent him to Cook County Jail, a jail known far and
pity 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, Jack Johnson was his
He knew how prison living could a man to shame
He had no need of pistols in a cell
When a word of 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 something to
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 a man can live anew
Then the warden called the convict, "You must leave the devil's
The has come 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 dying day grew near, to the he did cry
"You must the switch 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, a man should live

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

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

But Paul Crump is alive
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