Supper time in the hole
Supper time in the hole
I shame my family, shame my home
Supper time
Old Saint John on death row
He s just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row
He s just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row
He s just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row
He s just waiting
All the white boys in the Sta-Prest slacks
They re home for the summer from college
Staying out late, getting rowdy at the bar
And looking for trouble uptown
They come up my block, bout 5 or 6 of them
Smashing their bottles in the gutter
Yelling all kinds of obscenities
About woman and God and law
Another supper time in the hole
Supper time
I shame my family, shame my home
Supper time
A young girl turned the corner with a clerk dress on
That girl was my sister
Just got off the night shift at Pennington s Place
Just wanna go home and get some sleep
Boys grabbed her by the waist with their caffeine eyes
The hands all fidgety, electric
I picked up a brick from my papa s front yard
And threw it at the Turners boy s face
Well, blood was streaming like a well that sprung
I couldn t believe what I had just done
Well, the other boy ran and this one stayed
On the ground and he would never move again
Old Saint John on death row
He s just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row
He s just waiting for a pardon
All us boys on death row
We re just waiting for a pardon
All us boys on death row