Lyrics:

Brother, why are you here?
Say there, blood, I got 8,736 more hours to go in
This stinking jail here in Leavenworth, Kansas
Thanks for nothing, Captain Bobby Stout! Let me out!

Brother, why are you here?
Brother, why are you here?
Captain Bobby Stout done found me out
And I owe the man one more year
Yeah, I owe the man one more year

Well, I first came down to Wichita town
Had a pocket full of Mexican smoke
Sold it to a man I did not know
'Cause I was hungry and I was broke
I was hungry and I was broke
Yeah, talk about...
Brother, why are you here?
Brother, why are you here?
Captain Bobby Stout done found me out
And now I owe the man one more year
Yeah, owe the man another year
Well, well, well

Well, my partner came down to Wichita town
Trying to set me free
Captain Bobby Stout done found him out
And now my partner stay here in the jail with me
Yeah, stay right here in the jail with me
Brother, why are you here?
Brother, why are you here?
Captain Bobby Stout done found me out
And I owe the man one more year, yeah!
Owe the man another year, yeah
Take it away!

Mama, she stays in Chicago
And Daddy stay down in the ground
My baby did go to San Francisco
When the judge laid the gavel down
Judge laid his gavel down, hey, hey, hey!
Brother, why are you here?
Brother, why are you here?
Captain Bobby Stout done found me out
And now I owe the man one more year, yeah!
Owe the man another year
Brother, why are you here?
Brother, why are you here?
Captain Bobby Stout done found me out
And I owe the man one more year (Gotta get out!)
I owe the man one more year (Gotta get out!)
I owe the man one more year (Gotta get out!)
I owe the man one more year