(Loretta Lynn)

I'm in a women's prison with bars all around
I caught my darlin' cheating, that's when I shot him down
I caught him in a honky tonk with a girl I used to know
The door to my cell is opened wide and a voice cries out oh no

The judge says I'm guilty
My sentence is to die
I know I've been forgiven
But the price of love is high

The crowd outside is 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 killed my darlin' and for love I'll loose my life

I can hear the warden coming from the clinging of his keys
But when they come and get me they have to drag me off my knees
The door to my cell swings open, it's time for me to go
The priest is reading my last rights, he says that's part of living you know

The crowd outside is screaming let that murderer fry
But above all their voices you can hear my Mama cry

Now they've strapped me in a chair and covered up my eyes
And the last thing I hear on earth is my Mama's cry

[Softly]
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

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