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The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
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I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
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And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
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'Let my guitar playing friend do my request'
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Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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Take me away and turn back the years
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Sing me back home before I die
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I recall last Sunday morning, a choir from off the street
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Came to sing a few old gospel songs
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And I heard him tell the singers, 'There's a song my mama sang
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Could I hear it once before you move along?'
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Sing me back home, the song I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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Take me away and turn back the years
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Sing me back home before I die
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Want you sing me back home the song I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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Take me away and turn back the years
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Sing me back home before I die