There's a lot of strange men in Cell Block 10 But the strangest of them all was a friend of mine Who spent his time just staring at the wall, staring at wall In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote And it proves that crime don't pay Was the very same gal he robbed and stole For name in her wedding day, for name in her wedding day As he looked at the wall, so strong and tall I could hear him softly curse Nobody at all ever climbed that wall But I'm gonna be the first, I'm gonna be the first The warden walked by and said "Son, don't try, I would hate to see you fall There ain't no doubt they will carry you out If you ever touch that wall, if you ever touch that wall" The years gone by since he made his try But I can still recall how hard he tried and the way he died But he never made that, wall he never made that wall There's never been a man ever shook this can But I know a man who tried The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan But I know it was suicide, I know it was suicide