Death Row Confession.( in song form)
Sitting here waiting for the preacher
with an hour left to go,
there's no place as lonely
in the whole wide world
then a cell block on death row,
the food they brought me lies uneaten
in a cold lump, hard and dry,
and in the darkness of my cell
again I hear her cries.....
"Mister, please don't hurt me
I'll do anything you say,
I've got a family back home who loves me
Oh, God why did I run away,
all the things I've planned
were so close at hand,
Must I lose them all today,
Mister please don't hurt me
I'll do anything...everything you say....
Well I tried to plead insanity
cause I'd go crazy if I had to die,
Then the prosecutor got me all confused
with his "hows, where's, whens and whys,
he said, "Insane people don"t know right from wrong,"
then he caught me in some lies,
and in another place and another time
again I heard her cries......
"Mister, please don't hurt me
I'll do anything you say,
I've got a family back home who loves me,
Oh, God why did I run away,
all those things I'd panned
were so close at hand,
must Iose them all today,
Mister please don't hurt me
I'll do everything...anything you say....."
She haunts me in my darkened cell
so much I cannot sleep
she drags me through the depths of hell,
where only demons creep,
She'll dance within the shadows
of the walls wherein I lay,
Until her death is justified
and my life slips away.....
my life slips away......
©-MFB III