Steve Earle - Ellis Unit One video free download

Jeremy Mashaw

This question is for Steve and/or is PR folks... My mother was good friends with Larry Robison, I'd like to know if this song was for him? I know Steve was in Huntsville for Larrys execution, so I was just wondering if this was for him. Also I believe the executions take place in ferguson now... Correct?

John Piccirello

I just did 12 years in TDCJ, 5 of them at the Walls Unit in Huntsville where all executions take place and we usually got a brief synopsis of the crime before the execution took place; I'm a Calif. guy and used to be anti-death penalty, called it state sponsored murder, but some of those dudes that were killed at the Walls really had it coming. Their crimes were beyond sick, depravity at it's best; why keep some of those evil sonsofbitches alive? Really people, if you were hip to what the vast majority of those animals actually did and the victim was kin, wouldn't you want justice meted out properly? Enough said.......

Gregory Church

disillusionment....

Ellis Wyatt

Ellis I Unit housed the men's Death Row in Texas between 1965 and 1999. It was moved to the Polunsky Unit after an escape attempt by size men in November, 1998.

x123Scandalx

America has some serious problems....you like to see yourselves as world leader but the death penalty has been abolished in the whole of Europe and it still has lower crime rates than America which suggests that killing people dosn't work. I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 'Land of the Free'. Sounds more like a right wing republic of conformity and control.

John Ferrell

I am like Steve sings......... I think if they are going to continue executions....Bring back the barbecues...... ol smokey is still waiting.. No more going to sleep..... sit on smokey and face your maker after what you've done....... 

Michael Bentley

Its a song folks. Supposed to make you think from a different perspective than perhaps the one you normally would. Mr Earle is quite vocal about respecting the rights and opinions of greaving family members while he protests the right of the State, any state, to kill anyone. SE is a survivor and a genius song writer who is the closest thing we have to a 'tell it like it is' balladeer.

Alan Pat

Sorry,'coward'?, where does that come from? Also, where in the above do I mention the word CHRIST. The correct title, I believe, is Jesus, the Christ. Let's not split hairs though. I reiterate what I wrote, Jesus sacrifice for us is all that saves us, IF we accept!!

Alan Pat

'abolished in Europe thank god'. We have just had a convicted murderer let out on release murder another person within days of release. So you go tell that persons relatives how great the 'justice' system is.

Devi1sBackboneTavern

again i see this as different. mankind never asked to be born or to be here. it is our situation. realize that we are in charge of our lives, but not in charge of anything else. no human understands what is happening. what are you going to do? we feel abandoned or accidental. life is terrifying. swing low, swing low and carry me home. rough quote: "tiger gotta hunt, bird gotta fly, man gotta ask why? why? why?! tiger got to sleep, bird gotta land, man gotta tell himself he understand"

Devi1sBackboneTavern

quit being a coward and hiding behind the word CHRIST instead of manning up to THE WORD OF CHRIST

Alan Pat

Jesus is the only one who can save us. Accept his sacrifice, then get on with your life as best you can, remembering who died for you, if you accept!

Rolland Heiss

Steve Earle - Ellis Unit One

Dan D. Dirges

Raised some cain? You mean murdered some one in cold blood right? Great song but I have no sympathy for serial killers. We need more Ellis Unit Ones in America.

x123Scandalx

and he says "and carry me home"...coincidence?or not?

fouldsie1

Strangely enough, it does ! How weird ! Could be something to do with the fact that Steve uses part of the lyric from 'Swing Low' at the end of every verse...what do you reckon? Could that be it ?

x123Scandalx

does this remind anyone else of swing low,sweet chariot, coming forth to carry me home....no?

HurricaneGroovy

simply greatful !!!

Devi1sBackboneTavern

fine then, i disagree with the analysis. i think its about the fall of man. man is evil, but not purely evil. jesus cannot save us though he did his best. we rationalize our evil, we sequester our evil, we hide our evil, but we are all evil. the only thing we can ask for is forgiveness. but we dont even know whom to ask, we just feel guilty for our mistakes. we really need to forgive ourselves, and stop committing sins. easier said than done. or: that leaves only me to blame cuz mama tried.

darlincommitme

Pretty sure Earle intends for the song to make people think. Analytics are perfectly appropriate.

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