Lyrics:

I was born in Missouri, across the line of Arkansas, yes I was
I didn't have any money, so I got in trouble with the law
This is what they did, y'all, listen

They sent me to Cummins, down on Cummins Prison Farm
Down there I started thinking, I thought I tell you some of it in this song
This is part of it, hear y'all, listen

Had been there for one day, and I learned that you don't ___ oh no you don't
All you wake up one morning, yes you will, find yourself in a unmarked grave, oh yeah oh yeah

I told the Warden I'll be a good man, if you only free me from this pen, oh yes I will
_____ Warden I'll be a good man, if you only free me from this pen, oh yes I will
Said the Warden look me in the eye, said down here son, we have a lot of good men, oh yes he did

Talking about Cummins oh yes I am, talking about Cummins Prison Farm oh yes Iam
Talking about Cummins oh yeah, talking about Cummins Prison Farm oh yeah

Now you heard part of my story, I'm not the only one