David Allan Coe — Age 21

Lord I'm down in Tupelo, Mississippi Working on a prison farm Lord I'm down in Tupelo, Mississippi Working on a prison farm Got three more years to be here I'll be a full grown man, twenty one Gave my youth to this coal pile To pay for the wrong I've done Gave my youth to this dirty coal pile To pay for the wrong I've done Got three more years to be here Be a full grown man, age twenty one I was born in the heart of the city Raised by the mother's son I was born in the heart of the city Raised by the mother's son