There's a lot of strange men in cell Block 10 but the strangest of them all

Was a friend of mine who spent his time starin' at the wall

Starin' at the wall

In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote and it proves that crime don't pay

Was the very same gal he robbed and stole for name in her weddin' day

For name in her weddin' day

As he looked at the wall so strong and tall I could hear him softly curse

Nobody at all ever climbed that wall but I'm gonna be the first

I'm gonna be the first

Well a warden came by and said son don't try I'd hate to see you fall

Cause there ain't no doubt they'll carry you out if you ever touch that wall

If you ever touch that wall

Well the years gone by since he made his try but I can still recall

How hard he tried and the way he died but he never made that wall

He never made that wall

There's never been a man ever shook this can but I know a man who tried

The newspaper called it a jailbreak plan but I know it was suicide

I know it was suicide