Women's Prison Lyrics - Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn

I'm in a womens prison 

With bars all around 

I caught my darlin' cheatin' 

That's when I shot him down. 

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. 

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. 

I can hear the warden coming 

From the pinging of his keys 

But when they come to get me 

They'll hafta drag me off my knees. 

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. 

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. 

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...