Orleans Parish Prison

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Say, have you missed your green-eyed son? He shot a man down with a sawed-off gun They found him down behind your train And they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain [Chorus 1] Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free my green-eyed son I heard him say as they led him away He's sorry for what he's done Orleans Parish Prison, free my green-eyed son [Verse 2] Say, have you missed your dark-haired girl? She was selling her love to a hungry world They got her clothes and the money she took And they wrote her name in a prison book [Chorus 2] Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free my dark-haired girl She's scared and cold, and you got the gold That she took from a whoring world Orleans Parish Prison, free my dark-haired girl [Verse 3] Say, have you missed your brother man? He took some money with a gun in his hand His kids are hungry and his wife ain't well Now daddy's locked up in a prison cell [Chorus 3] Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free my brother man I know it's sad, but he's not bad He's doing the best he can Orleans Parish Prison, free my brother man [Outro] Orleans Parish Prison, I need my green-eyed son I miss my dark-haired girl, I love my brother man Orleans Parish Prison, won't you free them if you can