Joe Bean

<p>[Verse]<br/>Last time we were here at Folsom Prison<br/>They were hanging Joe Bean<br/>Is Joe still here...Joe Bean?<br/>Hang the son of a bitch anyways, right?<br/>Well, they&#x27;re hanging Joe Bean this morning<br/>For killing a man in Arkansas<br/>Funny thing about it<br/>Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas<br/>On top of that, Joe Bean never heard of the man<br/>In fact, today is Joe Bean&#x27;s twentieth birthday<br/>See through the prison bars<br/>Joe Bean, see where the gallows stand<br/>Just twenty short years from the day you were born<br/>You died by the hangman&#x27;s hand<br/>Yes, they&#x27;re hanging Joe Bean this morning<br/>For a shooting that he never did<br/>He killed 20 men, by the time he was 10, he was an unruly kid<br/>Yes, they&#x27;re hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting that Joe Bean never did<br/>Well, Joe - your mother is at the Capitol<br/>Asking the governor for a stay<span><br/>And it&#x27;s hard on her<br/>Because she knows where you were, on that particular day<br/>You were working Joe Bean, hard working, robbing the Santa Fe<span><br/>Well, the telegraph wires are humming<br/>Here, the governor&#x27;s words come through<br/>He said, I can&#x27;t set you free, it&#x27;s not up to me, but there&#x27;s much, Joe Bean, I&#x27;ll do<span><br/>I&#x27;ll join your mother in extending Birthday greetings to you<br/>Happy Birthday, Joe Bean