Courts, lawyers and prejudiced jurors
Will convict if they can,
But there's one thing safe to wager on,
"That mind's the standard of the Man."
In here you'll find there's many a mind
As free from sin and crime
As congressmen and senators
Who've been there a long time.
Some of these men in here, you see,
They got a little tight,
And broke into a chicken coop,
Because 'twas in the night.
Some men you see as you walk with me
Down through these halls so dreary,
Have, on bended knee, prayed to be free
Until life's become weary.
They have no money, neither friends,
Because they're far behind the van,