San Quentin Lyrics

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Cover art for San Quentin lyrics by Nickelback

The song is titled "San Quentin" after the San Quentin State Prison in Northern California. Nickelback Frontman Chad Kroeger set his mind on naming a song after the prison after he met the warden at a party a few years back and spent a good amount of time conversing with him. "The entire time we were talking, I'm speaking to this guy, but in my head all I could think was, I'm gonna write a song called 'San Quentin.' That's it," the singer recalled. "I stuck it in my phone, and then once the riff was down, I think I screamed out this line: 'Can somebody please keep me the hell out of San Quentin.'" Source: Loudwire

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