Joe Bean

Johnny Cash

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Last time we were here at Folsom Prison they were hanging Joe Bean. Is Joe still here...Joe Bean? Hang the son of a bitch anyways right? Well they're hanging Joe Bean this morning for killing a man in Arkansas. Funny thing about it Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas. On top of that Joe Bean never heard of the man. In fact today is Joe Bean's twentieth birthday. See through the prison bars Joe Bean see where the gallows stand just twenty short years from the day you were born you died by the hangman's hand. Yes they're hanging Joe Bean this morning for a shooting that he never did he killed 20 men by the time he was 10 he was an unruly kid. Yes they're hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting that Joe Bean never did. Well Joe your mother is at the Capitol asking the governor for a stay. and it's hard on her 'cause she knows where you were on that particular day. You were working Joe Bean hard working robbing the Santa Fe. Well the telegraph wires are humming here the governor's words come through. He said "I can't set you free it's not up to me but there's much Joe Bean I'll do. I'll join your mother in extending birthday greetings to you Happy Birthday Joe Bean."

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La chanson raconte l’histoire tragique de Joe Bean, un jeune homme condamné à mort, accusé d’un meurtre qu’il n'a jamais commis. Ironiquement, alors qu'il fête son vingtième anniversaire, il se retrouve sur le point d’être pendu pour un crime dont il n’avait même pas connaissance. Le récit met en lumière les injustices d’un système qui n’écoute pas les vérités, illustrant le désespoir de sa mère, qui se bat pour obtenir une grâce auprès du gouverneur. À travers cette histoire, on ressent à quel point le destin de Joe est tristement scellé, un reflet des tragédies humaines et des conséquences que peuvent avoir des actes innocents.

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