She began recording country music in 1976, but with little success. Switching to rock and roll, she signed to the British Stiff Records label and released her first album, Fool Around, in 1978. Rachel was backed by The Records on the Stiff Records tour in 1978. The album was a critical success, but sales were poor, although she did have some success with the single "B-A-B-Y". She also generated some controversy for her Lolita-like image (predating similar controversies surrounding Britney Spears and others by many years). Her follow-up album, Protect the Innocent, was largely ignored by the public and the music media. She then signed to Columbia Records in 1981, releasing Then He Kissed Me, which launched the hit "Everlasting Love", a duet with Rex Smith.
Sweet only released one more album, 1982's Blame it on Love before retiring. She returned to music sporadically as she focused on her education, recording the title track to John Waters' film Hairspray and many of the songs for his musical Cry Baby. She also recorded the theme song to the Nickelodeon series Clarissa Explains It All. In 1989 and 1990, she hosted a show on The Comedy Channel (forerunner of Comedy Central) called The Sweet Life, and in 1992 appeared in a minor role as George Costanza's cousin on an episode of Seinfeld, "The Contest." She has since focused on establishing an acting, writing, and producing career.
In 1992 Rhino Records released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet. The CD compilation includes tracks from all the previous releases as well as the theme to Hairspray.
Please Mr. Jailer
Rachel Sweet Lyrics
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Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let my man go free?
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let me man go free?
He don't belong in prison, though he's guilty as can be,
But the only crime he's guilty of is simply loving me.
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let my man go free?
Well I know it won't be long now,
Still I'm hoping there's one favor
That I could beg of you. So...
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let my man go free?
Yeah yeah yeah
[Inmates]
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let this jailbird free?
Whoa ho ho
[Allison]
Just look into his eyes, open up that door.
Just listen to his guitar, you'll know the score.
[Cry Baby]
Please Mr. Jailer, let an honest man go free.
[Allison]
Yeah yeah yeah
[Cry Baby and inmates]
Please Mr. Jailer, don't you make no lifer outta me.
I'm innocent, I swear it. Let my woman testify,
She'll tell you where I was that night,
And I'll be satisfied.
[Allison]
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let my man go free?
[Cry Baby and inmates]
Well I'm tired of pressing liscense plates down in this rotten hole,
I gotta reach the outside before I lose control.
Please Mr. Jailer, don't you make no lifer outta me.
[Allison]
Yeah yeah yeah
[Cry Baby and inmates]
Please Mr. Jailer, let me out of this penitentiary
(Whoa, let me out)
Please Mr. Jailer, don't you make no lifer out of me.
[Allison]
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you my man go free?
Whoa ho ho oh, whoa ho, let my man go free.
Whoa oh oh, don't make no lifer out of me.
The song "Please Mr. Jailer" by Rachel Sweet is about a woman named Allison who pleads with the jailer to release her man who is incarcerated for loving her. She acknowledges that he is "guilty as can be," but she believes that he does not belong in prison. The song features several voices, including other inmates who join in to plead for their freedom. They all insist that they are innocent and that their imprisonment is unjust. Allison and others beg the jailer to listen to their stories, to look into their eyes, and to let them go free.
The song uses powerful imagery to convey the desperation and hopelessness felt by those who are wrongfully imprisoned. The lyrics are filled with metaphors and poetic language that create a sense of urgency and sadness. The use of multiple voices adds depth and complexity to the song, highlighting the shared experience of imprisonment and the humanity of those who are incarcerated.
Overall, this song is a moving and powerful plea for justice and freedom. Its themes of love, injustice, and inequality are timeless and relevant to this day.
Line by Line Meaning
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let my man go free?
Asking the jailer to release her man who was convicted of a crime, but only because he loved her.
He don't belong in prison, though he's guilty as can be,
He is guilty only for loving her, not for the crime he was convicted of.
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you let me man go free?
Reiterating the request to release her man.
Well I know it won't be long now,
Aware that he will be punished with a haircut very soon.
'Till they cut his hair off too.
He will also face the consequence of losing his hair.
Still I'm hoping there's one favor
Despite that, she wants one last chance to plead for his freedom.
That I could beg of you. So...
Asking the jailer again to release her man.
Just look into his eyes, open up that door.
Urging the jailer to see through her man's eyes and understand that he deserves to be free.
Just listen to his guitar, you'll know the score.
Implying that the music he plays is evidence of his innocence.
Please Mr. Jailer, let an honest man go free.
The singer pleads for an innocent man to be set free.
Please Mr. Jailer, don't you make no lifer outta me.
Requesting the jailer not to imprison him for life and to release him.
She'll tell you where I was that night, And I'll be satisfied.
Implying that his woman knows where he was that night and can prove his innocence.
Well I'm tired of pressing license plates down in this rotten hole,
Expressing frustration over working in the prison and being imprisoned in a bad environment.
I gotta reach the outside before I lose control.
He needs to escape before he loses his sanity in the jail.
Please Mr. Jailer, let me out of this penitentiary (Whoa, let me out)
Requesting the jailer to set him free from the jail.
Please Mr. Jailer, won't you my man go free?
Once more, the singer pleads to set her man free.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: WYNONA CARR
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Praise___YaH
HERE is The TRUE Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL" <— YaH’s Crucifixion
He - "Behold the Breath"
“Behold the HAND that Beholds The NAIL”
PROVES - YAH The Heavenly Father HIMSELF was Who they Crucified
That is EXACTLY what Moses Wrote
Here is what they mean
YaH's Name:
(Ya)d + (H)e, as YaH is what Moses called Him and YaH Declared: "this is My Name, this is My Name for all generations" (Exodus 3)
YaH is The Creator of “MAN”:
Yad He, (HAND BREATH), as YaH's "HAND" Formed man from the dust of the Earth and His "BREATH" made him a living being (Adam)
YaH's Sacrifice of Crucifixion for “MAN”:
Vav He (NAIL BREATH), the "NAIL" through YaH’s "HAND", in Sacrifice of Crucifixion, that whosoever shall call YaH Savior, His “BREATH” brings forth life (Salvation)
How YaH arrives:
YaH arrives via the Tent of Meeting (Exodus 33:7:11, Isaiah 54, 55), where a Tent is erected outside the city, a cloud descends upon the entrance of the Tent and YaH appears...
Why they demanded YaH to be Crucified:
YaH was Crucified according to Hebrew law (Deuteronomy 21), to be Hung on an Almond Tree for BLASPHEMY as it was for His NAME they demanded Him Crucified. The Messiah claimed He was YaH...
HE WAS YaH!!!
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
The Hebrew Book of Isaiah
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
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"Wont you let my Mango free" 🥭
@noam8941
Swear to god I burst out laughing
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Now I can’t unhear it😭
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@delrey874
He's damn handsome.
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Ikr
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Ikrrr
@farkasramona8501
Isn’t it weird, there’s so many man in this video and we all know who we’re talking about without mention he’s name?😂