Sad Prisoner’s Song
Key of G
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I’m a prisoner alone and forgotten I’ll be here until the day I die All because when a boy I was foolish All because I was fast with a knife
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I’m a man that’s doomed to be lonely I’m a man that’s doomed to be sad I’ve got no name just a number And I’ve lost all the friends that I’ve had
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If I had my life to live over I’d travel the narrow and straight But I’d still be at home with my loved ones And not behind these iron gates
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Young men when you have heard my story Let it teach you the right from the wrong And I know my life wasn’t wasted Writing this sad prisoner’s song