We moved on six miles from where we were yesterday
And yesterday is but a long, long ways away
So we'll come by tonight beneath the bright starlight
And forget rotten beaches and the places we stayed
I left on the dark land two years ago
And now I'm on my way over on the SS Corridor
And I've always had trouble wherever I've settled
Rotten beaches are all that I see
Rotten beaches, rotten man, the sun
Since I've seen the devil, fools in the world, they're gone
Mercy, I'm a criminal
Jesus, I'm the one
Rotten beaches, rotten in the sun
Rotten beaches, rotten man, the sun
Since I've seen the devil, fools in the world, they're gone
Mercy, I'm a criminal
Jesus, I'm the one
Rotten beaches, rotten in the sun
There ain't no green grass in a U.S. state prison
There isn't no one to hold when you're sick for your wife
You stay out your peck, your peck, rotten beaches
Your big rotten beaches for the rest of your life
Oh, I've had me my fill of cocaine and pills
Oh, I lie in the light of the Lord
And my home is ten thousand, ten thousand miles away
And I guess I won't see it no more
Rotten beaches, rotten man, the sun
Since I've seen the devil, fools in the world, they're gone
Mercy, I'm a criminal
Jesus, I'm the one
Rotten beaches, rotten in the sun
Rotten beaches, rotten man, the sun
Since I've seen the devil, fools in the world, they're gone
Mercy, I'm a criminal
Jesus, I'm the one
Rotten beaches, rotten in the sun
Rotten beaches, rotten in the sun
Rotten beaches, rotten in the sun
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