9.Six by Nine
It's been seventeen months since I got here today.
But it feels like forever do you feel the same way. Oh ma , it's
so bad, I hurt so deep inside. The pain in my heart, so bad I
could die.
Well I heard bout your cancer, how it came back last June wish I
see you, and take care of you too But the guards and the bars ,
they just won't let me free I have to pray for your health ,
like you pray for me
And I said Mama please don't cry, Since they've sentenced me to
die. You know, it feels like hell
When I touch both the walls of my six my nine cell.
Well Susie stopped written me seven months back
Heard she was sober and quit smoking crack
She got tired of waitin on appeals and parole
And got her a job at the grocery store
Well she used to send letters of perfume and remorse
Now her lawyer sends papers for a jailhouse divorce
But I still keep her picture one the cinder block wall
It keeps me from crying and loosing it all
And please tell Susie dear goodbye
Since they sentenced me to die
You know I wish her well
When I touch both the walls in my six by nine cell
Well the pills from the doctor, they don't do a thing
And the phone from the governor still doesn't ring
Well you know that I'm sorry for the things I've done wrong
Now it's heaven or hell, to one I'll belong
And they'll strap me down tight to the table with care
And they'll shove in the needle where they shaved off my hair
And they'll wait till the clock shows twelve o'clock and one
And they'll throw all the switches that get the job done.
And I say mother please don't cry
I've been sentenced and have died
I'm free so, for now farewell
Cause I won't be caged up in a six by nine cell
Till you come or to greet me, In heaven I'll dwell
When I spread out my wings and fly from this hell
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