Twenty One Years✓

The judge said stand up, boy, and dry up your tears

You're sentenced to Nashville for twenty-one years

They took him to Nashville to pay for his crime

But twenty-one years, boys, is a mighty long time

A year went by slowly, he wished he was dead

In that dirty prison with a floor for a bed

The girl whom he loved most and dreamed of each night

He wrote her this letter, babe, why don't you write

I've counted the days, love, I've counted the nights

I've counted the minutes, I've counted the lights

I've counted the footsteps, I've counted the stars

I've counted a million of the cold prison bars

I've counted on you, love, to give me a break

I guess you forgot, babe, I'm here for your sake

Yes, you know who's guilty, you know it too well

But I'll rot in this prison before I will tell

Come all you young fellows with hearts brave and true

Don't believe any woman, you're beat if you do

Don't trust any woman, no matter what kind

For twenty-one years, boys, is a mighty long time