Sing Me Back Home

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...

Sing me back home 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 from off the street

Came in to sing a few old gospel songs

And I heard him tell the singers,

“There's a song my mama sang

Could I hear it once before you move along?”

“Won't you...

Sing me back home, a song I used to hear?

Make my old memories come alive

Please take me away and turn back the years

Sing me back home before I die”