Life of a Prisoner (Live at Österåker Prison, Sweden - October 1972) - Johnny Cash

Written by：Jimmy Lee W

He drinks a cup of coffee and way before the sun he's up and goin'

Out on a work detail

Cause he knows soon the morning whistle will begin to blowin'

All day out in that hot sun with no reward for any work he'll do

And then he'll come back in the evening

And dreams a lot of dreams that can't come true

This is the life of a prisoner forgotten man that's there to stay

He lives on faith and hope and courage and a few old dreams of yesterday

Well no one cares about him or

It seems at way to him as time goes by

One day is like the other and every time he prays he prays to die

He's been there for so long now

He wouldn't know how to talk to men outside

And though it's the life he lives for

He fears the day the gates swing open wide

This is the life of a prisoner forgotten man that's there to stay

He lives on faith and hope and courage and a few old dreams of yesterday

He lives on faith and hope and courage and a few old dreams of yesterday