Sing Me Back Home

Merle Haggard

The warden led a prisoner

Down the hallway to his doom

And I stood up to say goodbye 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)

REFRAIN:

Sing me back home

The 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)

REFRAIN

Sing me back home before I die