[Verse] Ive been in jail eleven years and parole has just come through The gates will soon swing open wide but Im not going through Jails the only home I know or care to know about Please let me stay where I belong please dont let me out How could I tell those friends of mine theyve seen the last of me Cant I make you understand I never can be free Because thats a big unfriendly world and I dont know the route That leads to where I may belong please dont let me out I had to learn to get along without a lot of things And I had to learn to live with the loneliness confinement brings And I learnt to take no mail from home or whatever came about Now Im dug in and Im happy here please dont let me out [Outro] How could I tell those friends of mine Yes thats a big unfriendly world
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