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Paul Crump (Alternate)
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In the state of Illinois 'bout nine years ago A cold blooded killer he went against the law He killed a factory guard when his robbery did fail And they caught him and they threw him into jail He lay there in his cell locked up with his hate Not many men knew of him and less cared for his fate And he knew no peace of mind when his trial was comin' by The judge said, "You are guilty you must die" But Paul Crump is alive today He's a-sittin' in a cell, he's got somethin' to say Every man has got something to give And if a man can change, then a man should live They sent him to Cook County Jail, a jail known far and wide Where pity was a stranger and brave men often cry They locked him in the death row to count the days before 'Til the day they came a knockin' at his door But another warden came along, Jack Johnson was his name He knew how prison living could drive a man to shame He had no need of pistols for the solitary cells When a word of trust would help him just as well Now Paul Crump is alive today He's a-sittin' in a cell, he's got somethin' to say Every man has got something to give And if a man can change, then a man should live Between the warden and the convict a friendship slowly grew One learned from the other that a man can live anew Then the warden called the convict "You must leave the devil's plan The time has come for you to be a man" Then the convict found religion and he started in to learn He wrote himself a novel called Burn Killer Burn And as his dyin' day grew near, to the warden he did cry "You must pull the switch and I must die" But Paul Crump is alive today He's a-sittin' in a cell, he's got somethin' to say Every man has got something to give And if a man can change, then a man should live It was up to Governor Kerner to keep him from the grave Was rehabilitation a reason to be saved? The hour was comin' closer, the word was spread around A new and better answer must be found Well the electric chair was cheated, the convict didn't pay A new concept of justice was born and raised that day Now throughout this peaceful land there are others set to die What better time than now to question why? 'Cause Paul Crump is alive today He's a-sittin' in a cell, he's got somethin' to say Every man has got something to give And if a man can change, then a man should live
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