He's just waiting for a pardon
He's just waiting
Yelling all kinds of obscenities
A young girl turned the corner with a clerk dress on
Well, blood was streaming like a well that sprung
Old Saint John on death row
All the white boys in the stay pressed slacks
Supper time
I shame my family, shame my home
Staying out late, getting rowdy at the bar
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I gotta keep on running 'til the well runs dry
Yours truly on trial, I testify
Yours truly on trial, I testify
They're home for the summer from college
Just wanna go home and get some sleep
Well, the other boy ran and this one stayed
Smashing their bottles in the gutter
He's just waiting for a pardon
He's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row
He's just waiting for a pardon
The hands all [Incomprehensible]
Just got off the night shift at Pennington's Place
Old Saint John on death row
All us boys on death row
I picked up a brick from my papa's front yard
And looking for trouble uptown
Old Saint John on death row
Old Saint John on death row
I gotta keep on running 'til the well runs dry
And threw it at the tallest boy's face
Supper time
Yours truly on trial, I testify
Butch grabbed her by the waist with the caffeine eyes
About woman and God and law
I gotta keep on running 'til the well runs
All us boys on death row
I couldn't believe what I had just done
Another supper time in the hole
They come up my block, 'bout 5 or 6 of them
That girl was my sister
Old Saint John on death row
We're just waiting for a pardon
He's just waiting for a pardon
Supper time
I shame my family, shame my home
On the ground and he would never move again