Percy's Song - Studio Outtake - 1963

[00:05.02] Bad news, bad news,
[00:06.87] Come to me where I sleep,
[00:10.51] Turn, turn, turn again.
[00:14.26] Sayin' one of your friends
[00:16.28] Is in trouble deep,
[00:20.10] Turn, turn to the rain
[00:22.27] And the wind.
[00:26.40] Tell me the trouble,
[00:28.23] Tell once to my ear,
[00:31.71] Turn, turn, turn again.
[00:36.41] Joliet prison
[00:37.78] And ninety-nine years,
[00:41.40] Turn, turn to the rain
[00:43.35] And the wind.
[00:50.05] Oh what's the charge
[00:51.75] Of how this came to be,
[00:55.55] Turn, turn, turn again.
[00:59.88] Manslaughter
[01:01.42] In the highest of degree,
[01:04.72] Turn, turn to the rain
[01:06.93] And the wind.
[01:12.48] I sat down and wrote
[01:14.53] The best words I could write,
[01:18.00] Turn, turn, turn again.
[01:21.62] Explaining to the judge
[01:23.83] I'd be there on Wednesday night,
[01:27.28] Turn, turn to the rain
[01:29.27] And the wind.
[01:35.05] Without a reply,
[01:36.89] I left by the moon,
[01:40.03] Turn, turn, turn again.
[01:43.87] And was in his chambers
[01:45.96] By the next afternoon,
[01:49.75] Turn, turn to the rain
[01:52.23] And the wind.
[02:20.15] Could ya tell me the facts?
[02:22.04] I said without fear,
[02:25.60] Turn, turn, turn again.
[02:29.26] That a friend of mine
[02:31.07] Would get ninety-nine years,
[02:34.71] Turn, turn to the rain
[02:37.08] And the wind.
[02:42.46] A crash on the highway
[02:44.21] Flew the car to a field,
[02:47.93] Turn, turn, turn again.
[02:51.71] There was four persons killed
[02:53.67] And he was at the wheel,
[02:57.09] Turn, turn to the rain
[02:59.29] And the wind.
[03:04.69] But I knew him as good
[03:06.52] As I'm knowin' myself,
[03:10.33] Turn, turn, turn again.
[03:14.18] And he wouldn't harm a life
[03:16.25] That belonged to someone else,
[03:19.64] Turn, turn to the rain
[03:21.70] And the wind.
[03:27.29] The judge spoke
[03:28.82] Out of the side of his mouth,
[03:32.58] Turn, turn, turn again.
[03:36.35] Sayin', "The witness who saw,
[03:38.22] He left little doubt,"
[03:41.91] Turn, turn to the rain
[03:43.92] And the wind.
[03:52.09] That may be true,
[03:53.67] He's got a sentence to serve,
[03:57.25] Turn, turn, turn again.
[04:02.64] But ninety-nine years,
[04:04.91] He just don't deserve,
[04:08.35] Turn, turn to the rain
[04:10.30] And the wind.
[04:14.68] Too late, too late,
[04:16.27] For his case it is sealed,
[04:20.18] Turn, turn, turn again.
[04:23.64] His sentence is passed
[04:25.78] And it cannot be repealed,
[04:29.42] Turn, turn to the rain
[04:31.65] And the wind.
[04:36.46] But he ain't no criminal
[04:38.31] And his crime it is none,
[04:41.95] Turn, turn, turn again.
[04:45.65] What happened to him
[04:48.04] Could happen to anyone,
[04:51.48] Turn, turn to the rain
[04:53.74] And the wind.
[05:22.89] And at that the judge jerked forward
[05:25.02] And his face it did freeze,
[05:27.94] Turn, turn, turn again.
[05:31.38] Sayin', "Could you kindly leave
[05:33.85] My office now, please,"
[05:37.33] Turn, turn to the rain
[05:39.33] And the wind.
[05:47.38] Well his eyes looked funny
[05:49.25] And I stood up so slow,
[05:52.65] Turn, turn, turn again.
[05:56.47] With no other choice
[05:58.52] Except for to go,
[06:01.81] Turn, turn to the rain
[06:03.91] And the wind.
[06:08.34] I walked down the hallway
[06:10.36] And I heard his door slam,
[06:13.82] Turn, turn, turn again.
[06:17.62] I walked down the courthouse stairs
[06:19.73] And I did not understand,
[06:23.11] Turn, turn to the rain
[06:25.37] And the wind.
[06:52.92] And I played my guitar
[06:54.63] Through the night to the day,
[06:58.33] Turn, turn, turn again.
[07:01.88] And the only tune
[07:04.05] My guitar could play
[07:07.49] Was, "Oh the Cruel Rain
[07:10.14] And the Wind."
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