Joe Bean Lyrics - At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash

Last time we were here at Folsom Prison 

they were hanging Joe Bean 

Is Joe still here... Joe Bean? 

Hang the son of a bitch anyways, right? 

Well, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning 

for killing a man in Arkansas 

Funny thing about it 

Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas 

On top of that, Joe Bean never heard of the man 

In fact, today is Joe Bean's twentieth birthday 

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See through the prison bars 

Joe Bean, see where the gallows stand 

Just twenty short years from the day you were born 

you died by the hangman's hand. 

Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning 

for a shooting that he never did 

He killed 20 men, by the time he was 10, he was an unruly kid. 

Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting that Joe Bean never did. 

Well, Joe - your mother is at the Capitol 

asking the governor for a stay 

And it's hard on her 

'cause she knows where you were, on that particular day 

You were working Joe Bean, hard working, robbing the Santa Fe. 

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Well, the telegraph wires are humming 

Here, the governor's words come through 

He said, "I can't set you free, it's not up to me, but there's much, Joe Bean, I'll do 

I'll join your mother in extending Birthday greetings to you 

Happy Birthday, Joe Bean."