I Hope You've Learned Lyrics - Ricky Skaggs

I've been away for just a year 

Have you forgotten me, my dear? 

The judge said I must pay the cost 

I never knew how much I'd lost 

Until they sent me far away 

Where each minute seems a day 

But maybe someday I'll be free 

Will you be waiting there for me? 

I'm in this cell because of you 

The crime I did you drove me to 

My jealous heart just could not stand 

To see you with another man 

Until they sent me far away 

Where each minute seems a day 

But maybe someday I'll be free 

Will you be waiting there for me? 

I hope someday that you will learn 

And broken hearted you'll return 

But listen, darlin', please don't wait 

For maybe then will be too late 

Until they sent me far away 

Where each minute seems a day 

But maybe someday I'll be free 

Will you be waiting there for me?