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There's a lot of strange men in cell block ten, but the strangest of them all,
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was a friend of mine who spent his time starin at the wall. Starin at the wall 
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As he looked at the wall so strong and tall, you could hear him softly Curse
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Nobody at all ever climbed that wall, but I'm gonna be the first. 
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I'm gonna be the first. 
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Well, the warden walked by and said son, don't try
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I,d hate to see you fall, there is no doubt they'd carry you out 
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if you ever touch that wall. If you ever touch that wall. 
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Well, a year's gone by since he made his try, 
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but I can still recall how hard he tried and the way he died, 
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but he never made that wall. He never made that wall. 
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Well, there's never man a man who ever shook this can, but I know a man who tried. 
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The newspapers called it a jail break plan, but I know it was suicide. 
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I know it was suicide.