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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Merle Haggard
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Chalecki
Mastering Engineer
Ken Nelson
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
Let him sing me back home with a 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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
Would ya sing me back home with a 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
[Verse 5]
Sing me back home before I die
Written by: Merle Haggard