Malabar Mansion Song Lyrics and Chords by Gordon Parsons
Malabar Mansion
Recorded by Gordon Parsons
Written by Dave Duncan
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I was in a sad and sorry state
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brought me through that
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gate
I felt just like a bird in the great big
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cage
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put me in a wing
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lifer's think they're king
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weak you'll never live to see old
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age
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Gaol you're cruel and bad
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made sane men go mad
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even took their lives at different
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times
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won't do that to me
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be sane when they set me free
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pray to God to help me keep my
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mind
As crews slams doors in all the slots
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bolts snaps the
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locks
Some crims keeps yelling out abuse at
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him
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lonesome time again
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books I had no pen
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16 hours to hear that big bell
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ring
Repeat #2
I pace up and down my cell
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feel I've died and this is
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hell
To stop me going mad I lay and
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think
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family in the scrub
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pals down at the pub
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what's happening up at Saga's where I
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drink
My release ain't far away
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won't worry on that
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day
About your canes and rules you put on
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me
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door slams in the slot
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bolts snapping locks
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paid my debt again I will be
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free
Repeat #2
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pray to God to help me keep my
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mind
FAQ
Who sang the the song Malabar Mansion?
- The song Malabar Mansion was sang by Gordon Parsons.
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