Warren Zevon's album version
An icy wind burns and scars
Rushes in like a fallen star
Through the narrow space
Between these bars
Looking down on Prison Grove
Dug in, hunkered down
Hours race without a sound
Gonna carry me to where I'm bound
Looking down on Prison Grove
Iron will hard as rock
Hold me up for the fateful knock
When they walk me down in a mortal lock
Out on Prison Grove
Shine on all these broken lives
Shine on
Shine the light on me
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Knick Knack Paddy Wack
They say you'll hear your own bones crack
When they bend you back to bible black
Then you'll find your love
Some folks have to die too hard
Some folks have to cry too hard
Take one last look at the prison yard
Goodbye Prison Grove
Shine on all these broken lives
Shine on
Shine the light on me
Hey!
Come on!
Oohh oohh
Come on!
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Come on!
Oohh oohh
Hey!
Oohh oohh
Come on!
Oohh oohh
Hey!
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Oohh oohh
Oohh [fades]
PRISON GROVE is a song written by Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderón and released by Zevon on his 2003 album The Wind. The above lyrics are for Warren Zevon's album version of PRISON GROVE as released in 2003.
Bruce Springsteen contributed to the studio recording of two tracks on The Wind. He plays electric guitar (including three solos) and provides backing vocals on DISORDER IN THE HOUSE and provides backing vocals on PRISON GROVE. The two tracks were recorded around December 2002 at Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, CA.
In 2004 The Wind won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Warren Zevon: vocals
Ry Cooder: slide guitar
David Lindley: electric saz and background vocals
Jorge Calderón: electric guitar and background vocals
Reggie Hamilton: upright bass
Jim Keltner: drums
Jordan Zevon: background vocals
Bruce Springsteen: background vocals
Jackson Browne: background vocals
Billy Bob Thornton: background vocals
T-Bone Brunett: background vocals
Written by Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderón
In addition to its release on The Wind, Warren Zevon's album version of PRISON GROVE also appears on a few more official releases.
As far as it's known, Bruce Springsteen has never performed PRISON GROVE live.
List of available versions of PRISON GROVE on this website:
PRISON GROVE [Warren Zevon's album version]
