There´s a lot of strange men in cell block ten
But the strangest of em´ all
Was a friend of mine who spent his time
Staring at the wall[x2]
In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote

Proving crime don´t pay
Was the very same gal he robbed and stole for
Wanting their wedding day[x2]
As he looked at the wall
So strong and tall
I heard him softly curse
Nobody at all ever climed that wall
But I´m going to be the first
I´m going to be the first
Then the warden walked by and said son don´t try
I´d hate to see you fall
Because there is no doubt they´ll carry you out
If you ever touch that wall[x2]
Well a years gone by since he made his try
But I can still recall
How hard he tried and the way he died
But he never made that wall
He never made that wall

Well there´s never been a man who shook this camp
But I knew a man who tried
The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan
But I know it was suicide
I know it was suicide