Only Man In Leavenworth
from Go Big Or Go Home by Paul Mark & The Van Dorens
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lyrics
(Words/music by P.Mark)
I don't hear no trains
I mark time by the falling of the rain
I got no company except for the hand that feeds
The meal plate under my door
I ain't the last, ain't the first
But I'm the only man in Leavenworth
Floor of earth, walls of stone
A man lives as he dreams: all alone
The darkness of my days seems so far away
From the green, green grass of home
I know I ain't the first
But I'm the only man in Leavenworth
Every man must fall
The story's been scratched on these walls
The words that I read are the desperate pleas
Of the man put here before me
I ain't the last, ain't the first
But I'm the only man in Leavenworth
This whole world ain't what it seems
I try to sleep but I always dream
Of the day when these chains and the falling of the rain
Are put to rest with me in a deep dark grave
From death to birth
I'm the only man in Leavenworth
© Last Warning Music. All rights reserved.
I don't hear no trains
I mark time by the falling of the rain
I got no company except for the hand that feeds
The meal plate under my door
I ain't the last, ain't the first
But I'm the only man in Leavenworth
Floor of earth, walls of stone
A man lives as he dreams: all alone
The darkness of my days seems so far away
From the green, green grass of home
I know I ain't the first
But I'm the only man in Leavenworth
Every man must fall
The story's been scratched on these walls
The words that I read are the desperate pleas
Of the man put here before me
I ain't the last, ain't the first
But I'm the only man in Leavenworth
This whole world ain't what it seems
I try to sleep but I always dream
Of the day when these chains and the falling of the rain
Are put to rest with me in a deep dark grave
From death to birth
I'm the only man in Leavenworth
© Last Warning Music. All rights reserved.
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from Go Big Or Go Home,
released June 1, 1991
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Paul Mark & The Van Dorens New York, New York
Triple-threat songwriter-musician-producer Paul Mark has been mystifying critics and barflies for decades. With a striking lyrical edge and an encyclopedic facility with American roots music, NYC-based Paul Mark has built a top-drawer original song catalog that tugs on the ears of the literary as well as the liquidated. Mark is principal owner of Radiation Records. ... more
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