please don t let me out

Johnny Cash

I ve been in jail eleven years and parole has just come through
The gates will soon swing open wide but I m not going through
Jail s the only home I know or care to know about
Please let me stay where I belong please don t let me out

How could I tell those friends of mine they ve seen the last of me
Can t I make you understand I never can be free
Cause that s a big unfriendly world and I don t know the route
That leads to where I may belong please don t let me out
[ guitar ]
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 I m dug in and I m happy here please don t let me out

How could I tell those friends of mine...
Yes that s a big unfriendly world...