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 The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom

 I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest

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

 'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.' (Let him...)

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 Sing me back home with a song I used to hear

 Make my old memories come alive

 Take me away and turn back the years

 Sing Me Back Home before I die

I recall last Sunday morning a choir came in from town

Just to sing a few old gospel song

And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang.

Can I hear once before we move along?'