Johnny Cash Joe Bean Lyrics

Joe Bean Lyrics

Last time we were here at Folsom Prison, they were hanging Joe Bean.Is Joe still
here...Joe Bean?Hang the son of a bitch anyways, right?







Well, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning, for killing a man in
Arkansas.Funny thing about it, Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas.On top of
that, Joe Bean never heard of the man.In fact, today is Joe Bean's twentieth
birthday.







See through the prison bars, Joe Bean, see
where the gallows stand.Just twenty short years from the day you were born, you
died by the hangman's hand.







Yes, they're hanging Joe
Bean this morning, for a shooting that he never did.He killed 20 men, by the
time he was 10, he was an unruly kid.







Yes, they're
hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting that Joe Bean never did.







Well, Joe - your mother is at the Capitol, asking the governor
for a stay.And it's hard on her, 'cause she knows where you were, on that
particular day.You were working Joe Bean, hard working, robbing the Santa
Fe.







Well, the telegraph wires are humming.Here, the
governor's words come through.He said, "I can't set you free, it's not up to
me, but there's much, Joe Bean, I'll do.I'll join your mother in extending
Birthday greetings to you.Happy Birthday, Joe Bean."