Johnny Cash San Quentin song lyrics

San Quentin you've been living hell to me

You've galled at me since 1963

I've seen them come and go and I've seen them die

And long ago I stopped asking why

San Quentin I hate every inch of you

You've cut me and you've scarred me through and through

And I'll walk out a wiser, weaker man

Mr. Congressman, why can't you understand?

San Quentin what good do you think you do?

Do you think I'll be different when you're through?

You bend my heart & mind and you warp my soul

Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold

San Quentin may you rot and burn in hell

May your walls fall and may I live to tell

May all the world forget you ever stood

And the whole world will regret you did no good

San Quentin you've been living hell to me.