D5 G5 There's a tiny little window and the sun comes shining through D5 G5 E5 Dancing with the dust that's in my cell D5 G5 There's a sparrow sitting on the sill and he stays for a minute or two D5 G5 A5 But he's frightened by the ringing of the bell D5 G5 There's a bed that I must lie on when at night I take my rest D5 G5 A5 And a chair for me to sit on through the day D5 G5 The men who wait beside me always know what's best D5 G5 A5 For a man who doesn't have too much to say D5 G5 A5 Throw a laugh into the corner, blow a tear against the wall D5 G5 Learn a game to play, improve the mind D5 G5 Confess your sins, you sinner, and think how the seconds fall D5 G5 A5 Leave all earthly cares and woes behind D5 G5 E5 And when my short affair with life is ended and I'm gone D5 G5 Will you tell the world the story of John Lee? D5 G5 All you see is nothing and yet everything lives on D5 G5 A5 I was born to pay the hangman's fee