Never will forget that day when they had me in Parchman Jail Would no one even come and go my bail I wonder how long before I can change my clothes I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes So many days I would be sittin' down I would be sittin' down lookin' down on my clothes I wonder how long before I can change my clothes I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes So many days when the day would be cold They would carry me out into the rain and cold I wonder how long before I can change my clothes I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes So many days when the day would be cold You can stand and look at the convicts' toes I wonder how long before I can change my clothes I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes So many days I would be walkin' down the road I can hardly walk for lookin' down on my clothes I wonder how long before I can change my clothes I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes Never will forget that day when they taken my clothes Taken my citizen's cloths and throw them away I wonder how long before I can change my clothes I wonder how long 'fore I can change my clothes