Life In Prison Lyrics - Merle Haggard

LIFE IN PRISON 

(Merle Haggard) 

'64 Owen Publications, BMI 

The jury found the verdict first degree 

They swore I planned her death to be 

I prayed they sentence me to die 

But they wanted me to live and I know why 

So I do life in prison for the wrongs I've done 

And I pray every night for death to come 

My life will be a burden every day 

If I could die my pain might go away 

Insane with rage I took my darling's life 

Because I loved her more than life 

My dreams for her will last a long long time 

But I'd rather die than live to lose my mind 

But I've got life in prison... 

If I could die my pain might go away