Women’s Prison lyrics

I'm in a women’s prison

With bars all around

I caught my darlin' cheatin'

That's when I shot him down.

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I caught him in a honky tonk

With a girl I used to know

The door to my cell is open wide

And a voice cries out, oh no.

The judge says I'm guilty

My sentence is to die

I know I've been forgiven

But the price of love is high.

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The crowd outside screamin'

‎“Let that murderer die!”

But above all their voices

I can hear my mama cry.

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I'm sittin' here on the death row

And Lord, I've lost my mind

For love I've killed my darlin'

And for love I'll lose my life.

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I can hear the warden coming

From the pinging of his keys

But when they come to get me

They'll have to drag me off my knees.

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The door to my cell swings open

It's time for me to go

The priest is reading my last rights

He says, “Dyin's part of livin'”, ya know.

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There's a crowd outside screamin'

‎“Let that murderer fry!”

But above all their voices

You can hear my mama cry.

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Now they've strapped me in the chair

And covered up my eyes

And the last voice that I hear on earth

Is my mama's cry.

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‎Amazing Grace, how sweet the ‎sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost but now I'm found

Was blind but now I see...‎

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• Artist:Loretta Lynn