Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith)

These four walls to keep you

One floor to sleep upon and only

These four walls to keep you

These four walls contain you

Supposed to save you from yourself and

These four walls in Holcomb

To keep you from the sun

And now we're faced with two wrongs

Now we're faced with two wrongs

I don't know, oh I don't know

Now we're faced with two wrongs

Now we're faced with two wrongs

I don't know, oh I don't know

We could be born to anything and now, and now

What you have done is terrible

And now you, and now you

Now you carry it with you

You carry it with you, you carry it with you

These four walls will keep you

Until you face the rope you've only

These four walls before they

In cold blood, hang you up

And now we're faced with two wrongs

Now we're faced with two wrongs

I don't know, oh I don't know

And now we're faced with two wrongs

Now we're faced with two wrongs

I don't know, oh I don't know

We could be born to anything and now, and now

What you have done is terrible

And now you, and now you

Now you carry it with you

You carry it with you, you carry it with you

(Now you carry it with you)

(Carry it with you, carry it with you)

There's no view from here

No view from here, no view from here

All you see is the sky

Clouds passing by, clouds passing by

We could be born to anything and now, and now

What you have done is terrible

And now, and now

Now you carry it with you

You carry it with you, you carry it with you

Now you carry it with you

You carry it with you, you carry it with you

Now you carry it with you

You carry it with you, you carry it with you

(This is a collect call from Kansas State Penitentiary)

Being brought up one way, and trying to see another way

Is very difficult