Women's Prison

[Verse 1] I'm in a women's prison With bars all around I caught my darling cheating That's when I shot him down [Verse 2] I caught him in a honky-tonk With a girl I used to know The door to my cell is open wide And a voice cries out, "Oh no!" [Verse 3] The judge says I'm guilty My sentence is to die I know I've been forgiven But the price of love is high [Chorus 1] There's a crowd outside screaming "Let that murderer die!" But above all their voices I can hear my mama cry I'm sitting here on death row And Lord, I've lost my mind For love, I've killed my darling And for love, I'll lose my life [Verse 4] I can hear the warden coming From the clinging of his keys But when they come to get me He'll have to drag me off my knees [Verse 5] The door to my cell swings open It's time for me to go The priest is reading my last rites He says "dying's part of livin', you know" [Chorus 2] There's a crowd outside screaming "Let that murderer fry!" But above all their voices You can hear my mama cry [Verse 6] Now they've strapped me in the chair And covered up my eyes And the last voice I hear on Earth Is my mama's cry [Outro] Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now I see