Ellis Unit 1-Mark Erelli/Jeffrey Foucault

[ti:Ellis Unit 1] [ar:Mark Erelli] [al:Seven Curses (feat. Jeffrey Foucault)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ellis Unit 1 - Mark Erelli/Jeffrey Foucault [00:22.90]I was fresh out of the service use back eighty two [00:28.29] [00:30.56]I raised some cain when I come back to town [00:34.38] [00:38.47]I left to be all I could be come home without a clue [00:43.25] [00:45.55]Now I married Dawn and had to settle down [00:48.90] [00:52.33]So I hired on at the prison [00:54.88] [00:56.12]Guess I always knew I would [00:58.23] [01:00.00]Just like my dad and both my uncles done [01:05.19] [01:07.21]And I worked on every cell block now [01:10.06] [01:11.29]Things goin' good [01:13.06] [01:14.52]But then they transferred me to ellis unit one [01:19.79] [01:23.00]Swing low [01:25.03] [01:26.96]Swing low [01:28.66] [01:30.27]Swing low [01:31.53]And carry me home [01:34.52] [01:37.03]My daddy used to talk [01:39.84]About them long nights at the walls [01:42.63] [01:44.29]And how they used to strap in the chair [01:48.00] [01:51.53]The kids down from the college [01:54.28]And they bring their beer all long [01:57.44] [01:58.19]Not when the lights went out [02:00.43]A cheer rose in the air [02:03.23] [02:05.92]Folks just got too civilized [02:09.52]Sparky's gatherin' dust [02:11.67] [02:13.58]Cause no one wants to touch a smokin' gun [02:18.22] [02:20.36]And since they got the injection [02:23.54]They don't mind as much I guess [02:26.42] [02:27.31]They just put down at ellis unit one [02:33.31] [02:36.38]Swing low [02:38.31] [02:39.89]Swing low [02:41.65] [02:43.28]Swing low [02:44.33]And carry me home [02:47.97] [03:04.77]I've seen fight like lions boys [03:08.30]I've seen aim go like lambs [03:10.42] [03:11.79]And I've helped to drag [03:13.68]When they could not stand [03:15.98] [03:19.27]And I've heard their mamas cryin' [03:21.66] [03:22.42]When they heard that big door slam [03:25.66] [03:26.44]And I've seen the victim's family holdin' hands [03:30.51] [03:33.45]Last night I dreamed that I woke up [03:36.23] [03:36.80]With straps across my chest [03:39.61] [03:41.07]And something cold and black [03:43.47]Pullin' through my lungs [03:45.77] [03:47.26]At even jesus couldn't save me [03:50.34] [03:51.31]Though I know he did his best [03:53.52] [03:55.35]But he don't live on ellis unit one [04:00.74] [04:03.52]Swing low [04:05.60] [04:06.98]Swing low [04:08.86] [04:10.34]Swing low [04:11.63]And carry me home [04:14.76] [04:17.42]Swing low [04:19.50] [04:21.48]Don't let go [04:23.45] [04:26.73]Swing low [04:27.91]And carry me home