The Prisoner letra

The shadow of the noose grew long. A sun dial of the time
The prisoner had left to live. A self inflicted crime
To pay with death for pain he gave to those he soon will meet
The rope hung loosely round his neck. The devil at his feet

You shall hang, said the judge, for your presence here on Earth
Is no use for those who wish to live in peace
Your evil lives forever. You shall hang, said the judge
You shall hang, you shall hang, you shall hang

The hangman checked the rope. Aware the prisoner was afraid
The preacher softly praying to Our Lord his soul to save
The blindfold placed around his eyes. An unlit funeral pyre
The hangman pulled the lever. He heard an astral choir

One man's life has cost another. You shall not lie in sacred ground
The time has come to meet your Maker. Down on Earth, they heard no sound

Your evil lives for ever. You shall hang, said the judge
All earthly life in you has ceased

He tried to call out to the Maker. On no eartly soil he fell
The Maker motioned all around. He felt his soul dragged down to hell
He saw the man that he had murdered. People he had pained on Earth
Of souls returning reincarnate. No hope for his rebirth

You shall hang, said the Maker, for your presence on our planes
Is no use for those who wish to rest in peace. Your evil lives for ever
You shall hang, said the Maker, You shall hang. You shall hang. You shall hang

Rick Wakeman - Letras

• 23-24-11
• 409
• A Day Spent On The Pier
• A Mirage In The Clouds
• Alone
• Anyway And Always
• Arthur
• Buried Alive
• Catherine Aragon
• Claire de Lune
• Cuban Carnival
• Dance Of The Ghosts
• Forever
• Foreword
• Garden
• Garo
• Guinevere
• Help
• Hidden Depths
• House Of Freedom
• Is Anybody There?
• Julia
• Just a Memory
• Just One Man
• Lady Of The Lake
• Life On Mars
• Melancholia
• Merlin the Magician
• Missing
• Morning Has Broken
• Morning Star
• Mr. Slow
• My Moonlight Dream
• Never is a long, long time
• No Earthly Connection
• No Name
• Only When I Cry
• Part Iii - The Spaceman
• Part Iv The Realisation
• Pathos
• Pedra da Gavea
• Recollection
• Reflection
• Robot Man
• Rock Pursuit
• Sea of Tranquility
• Sir Galahad
• Sir Lancelot And The Black Knight
• Sitting At The Window
• Still waters run deep
• Summertime
• The Battle
• The Creek
• The Dinner Party
• The Dream Team
• The Eyes Of A Child
• The Forest
• The Gospel According To St. John
• The Gospel According To St. Luke
• The Gospel According To St. Mark
• The Gospel According To St. Matthew
• The Himn
• The Journey
• The Kill
• The Last Battle
• The Lost Cycle
• The Maker
• The Man In The Moon
• The Morning Light
• The Prisoner
• The Proles
• The Reaper
• The Spaceman
• The Visit / The Return Of The Phantom
• The Visitation
• The Warning
• Watching Life