Those People at the Pen

from Get Back to the Well by John Walker

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Those people at the pen, their bars won't bend
The people outside don't want to see within
That place is such a joke, it makes me want to choke somebody
There must be a better way

Those people at the pen, we put them therein
Gonna rehabilitate them again, and again
Put a man in a cage, we'll just let him age
There must be a better way

Anything so easy
Is just here and gone
Anything so easy
Is undoubtedly wrong
It's been said before
And of course it's true
There must be a better way

Now I'm not an above-average fool, I know as a rule
Those con-men simply want to be cool
Still, every now and then we can all be sinners too
There must be a better way

Anything so easy
You won't hold on to for long
Anything so easy
You can have for a song
It's been said before
And of course it is true
There must be a better way
There must be a better way

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from Get Back to the Well, released January 1, 1995
John Walker - guitar, vocal
Pete Blakeslee - dobro
Dave Morris - bass
Gary Howe - mandolin

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John Walker Lincoln, Nebraska

John Walker was an award-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist who performed his own brand of country/folk/blues across the USA for several decades. He passed away in 2018 and was inducted into the Nebraska Performing Arts Hall of Fame in 2021.

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