CGC
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me
FC
You've hosted me since nineteen sixty three
GC
I've seen 'em come and go and I've seen them die
CGC
And long ago I stopped askin' why
CGC
San Quentin, I hate evry inch of you.
FC
You've cut me and have scarred me thru an' thru.
GC
And I'll walk out a wiser weaker man;
CGC
Mister Congressman why can't you understand.
CGC
San Quentin, what good do you think you do?
FC
Do you think I'll be different when you're through?
GC
You bent my heart and mind and you may my soul,
CGC
And your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.
CGC
San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell.
FC
May your walls fall and may I live to tell.
GC
May all the world forget you ever stood.
CGC
And may all the world regret you did no good.
CGC
San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me.