Man Down
By: dpb1949
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Description
I worked at a prison when I wrote this song, I got the tune from one of Josh Turners songs, but the song is about the inmates, and the Correctional Officers that worked the floors.
Lyrics
Lets lock the doors and turn the lights out soon Lock the inmates down inside their rooms Some are greenlighting way too soon I know that they should stay in Search their cells and tear their vent blocks down We're in the blue and not the brown No matter what they want, the answer is "no" In the morning at six we go Watch them as they go to canteen some of them think they are mighty mean They will con you if you give them a chance stuff extra items down inside their pants There's no waiting, no escaping They may as well lock down The CO is watching, yes he's watching He is the man down Push the button close the slider tight Lock the inmates down for the night Just go spray them if they start to fight They tell me I'm not right I wear the blue from dusk to dawn I'm always right and never wrong These twelve hours are way too long I'm ready to go home There's no waiting, no escaping They may as well lock down The CO's watching, yes he's watching He is the man down I wear the blue from dusk to dawn I'm always right and never wrong theses twelve hours are way too long I'm ready to go home These twelve hours are way too long I'm ready to go home
