Joe Bean (Unreleased Bonus Track)
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.
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.
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