Prisoner's Prayer-Hank Snow

[ti:Prisoner's Prayer]
[ar:Hank Snow]
[al:The Early Hank Snow Vol.4]
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[00:00.00]Prisoner's Prayer - Hank Snow
[00:09.20]In my cell so dark and dreary
[00:17.30]The touch of God's hand I can feel
[00:26.51]Asking Him to please forgive me
[00:34.64]Before Him pleading I would kneel
[00:43.22]I know someday beyond the sunset
[00:51.89]He'll call my name to make amends
[01:01.25]Till that day I'll keep on prayin'
[01:09.29]And ask that he forgive my sins
[01:21.45]Must I spend my life without a goal
[01:25.44]In the staleness of this barren hole
[01:30.00]Must the ceiling always be my sky
[01:33.65]Is this the way my youth must die
[01:38.43]Could fate no better world arrange
[01:40.56]Than gloomy walls that never change
[01:44.99]No stars or moon to shine on high
[01:48.74]Is this the way my youth must die
[01:53.86]Where the sun is such a stranger
[01:56.87]Mind and soul are both in danger
[02:01.21]With naught to do but sit and sigh
[02:04.61]Is this the way my youth must die
[02:09.33]This bare existence is not life
[02:13.16]I'd rather live in pain and strife
[02:17.09]My heart is tired but cannot cry
[02:21.26]Is this the way my youth must die
[02:26.16]My life is merely night and day
[02:29.88]With food brought in upon a tray
[02:34.37]To let me live but not to try
[02:38.22]Is this the way my youth must die
[02:42.40]Ah God give me the open air
[02:45.80]Give me hope and even care
[02:49.60]Let me live God and let me try
[02:53.22]'Cause this is no way for youth to die
[03:03.41]I know someday beyond the sunset
[03:12.22]He'll call my name to make amends
[03:21.46]Till that day I'll keep on prayin'
[03:29.40]And ask that He forgive my sins