Well, the warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom

I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest

And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell

Let my guitar friend play my last request



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He said sing me back home with a song I used to hear

Make my old memories come alive

Take me away, turn back the years

Sing me back home before I die



I recall last Sunday morning a choir from down the street

Came in to sing a few more gospel songs

And I heard him tell the singers

"There's a song my momma sang

Could I hear it once before you move along"



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Won't you sing me back home before I die