Walls Of A Prison

Written by Johnny Cash
 I walked through the big yard, to feel the warm sunshine
 A ninety-nine year man, stepped over to me
 He offered a smoke, and said as I rolled it
 Tomorrow I'm goin', to break out and go free
 They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight
 But I know a way that a man can go free
 Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
 The walls of a prison can never hold me
 I told him that I'd have no part of his scheming
 My time would be up, one year from today
 His eyes blazed with fire, and he looked right through me
 Bitter, but broken, again he did say
 They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight
 But I know a way that a man can go free
 Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
 The walls of a prison can never hold me
 Next morning at breakfast, the old man was missing
 Then we all heard the rifles high up on the wall
 He'd gone through the tunnel, just like he had promised
 And they said he was crying, when they saw him fall
 They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight
 But I know a way that a man can go free
 Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
 The walls of a prison can never hold me