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Time on the Hill

from Sidetracked by Old John Smokey

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Zebulon Brockway built him a jail
Settin' right up on Elmira Hill
1800 men be sittin' there still
Thinkin' on they crimes and the people they've killed

Wasting away in the ultra max
Livin' every day just watching your back
Can't close your eyes, can't relax
Can't get the warden up offa your back

So think long and hard
'Fore you wave that gun
Or you be rottin' in jail
Or livin' on the run

Yeah you better think twice
'Fore you wave that knife
Or it's bricks and bars
For 25 to life

You hear the train whistle wail
A high lonesome sound
An wish that you was on it
Wherever it's bound

But try as you might
And do what you will
You still be stuck
On Elmira Hill

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from Sidetracked, track released March 6, 2012

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Old John Smokey Elmira, New York

I'm known as Old John Smokey and people round these parts know me for my spoontastic bonanza of blues music.

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