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A Lifer Dont Cry
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| A LIFER DON'T CRY |
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| by BUD TANT |
All my friends and children
Are scattered to the wind.
I told 'em all I'd see them
I just can't say when
'Cause I'm trapped inside this prison
Doing a sentence called "Life"
But everybody knows
A Lifer don't cry.
Now, if I didn't have a conscience
Or if I didn't have a mind
I could live here forever
Or 'til the end of my Time
But it's a black situation
Dressed in prison white
'Course, everybody knows
A Lifer don't cry.
So now I'm living for Tomorrow
I can't believe in Today
'Cause yesterday still haunts me
Lord, how much must I pay?
Teardrops blur my vision,
Must be dust in my eye
'Cause everybody knows
A Lifer don't cry.
So listen to me children
Do you hear me all my friends
Don't think about stealing,
Live your life without a sin.
'Cause they'll send you off to prison
For the rest of your life
And then you'll know
That a Lifer don't cry.
And teardrops blur my vision
Must be dust in my eye.
'Cause everybody knows
A Lifer don't cry.
Oh, everybody knows
A Lifer don't cry.
Yes, everybody knows
A Lifer don't cry.

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