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The Walls of Red Wing
Billy Childish
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Oh the age of the inmates I remember quite freely
No younger than twelve no older than seventeen
Thrown in like bandits and cast off like criminals
All inside the walls, the walls of Redwing
From the dirty old mess hall you march to the brick wall
Too weary to talk and too tired to sing
Oh it's all afternoon you remember your hometown
Inside of the walls, the walls of Redwing
Well the gates are cast iron and the walls are barbed wire
State barbed from the fence with electricity sting
And it's keep down your head and stay in your number
Inside of the walls, the walls of Redwing
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Oh it's fare thee well to the deep hollow dungeon
Farewell to the boardwalk that takes you to the screen
And farewell the minutes they threaten you with it
All inside the walls, the walls of Redwing
It's many a guard that stands around smiling
Holding his club like he was a king
Hoping to get you behind the wood pilings
Inside the walls, the walls of Redwing
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The night limps shadows through the cross-carred windows
And the wind punched hard to make the walls silent sing
It's many a night I pretended to be sleeping
All inside the walls, the walls of Redwing
As the rain rattled heavy on the bunkhouse shingles
And the sounds in the night they made my ears ring
Till the keys of the guards clicked the tune of the morning
All inside the walls, the walls of Redwing
Oh some of us will wind up in St. Cloud prison
And some of us will wind up to be lawyers and things
And some of us will stand up to meet you on your crossroads
From inside the walls, the walls of Redwing
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