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Written and produced by Spencer Critchley
Singer: Justin Beauchamp
Keyboards: Phil Madeira (Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris)
Drums: Dennis Holt (Emmylou Harris, Taylor Swift)
Bass: Dennis Murphy (Acoustic Alchemy, Billy Preston)
Guitars: Spencer Critchley.
Lyrics
They call it the House of Corrections
Guess I ain’t corrected yet
It’s 21 years and 21 days
Until I pay my debt
Until that time I hush my mind
Walking where they draw the line
And wait till Sunday morning comes
To sing my hour of freedom
When the roof lifts off and the walls fall down
Condemned men raise one heavenly sound
Rise up lost souls, heaven bound
And take a look around
It’s a jailbreak
Murder last night, Cellblock Four
What the hell’s an alarm bell for?
Rang all night as if to shout
James Roy Madison didn’t count
Wait till Sunday morning comes
We’ll sing him off to freedom
When the roof lifts off and the walls fall down
Condemned men raise one heavenly sound
Rise up lost souls, heaven bound
And take a look around
It’s a jailbreak
You who sleep outside these walls
Do you answer freedom’s call?
Or do you your own prison build
To keep that voice in your soul still
Keep sleeping when each morning comes
Or sing your way to freedom
When the roof lifts off and the walls fall down
Condemned men raise one heavenly sound
Rise up lost souls, heaven bound
And take a look around
It’s a jailbreak