Lynyrd Skynyrd - 

[Intro]
                                                   


Now these four

 walls of Raif

ord closing in

 on me.
             
Doing three to

              
 five hard lab

             
or for armed r

    
obbery.
  
I put two year

s well behind 

me, but I coul

d not wait the

 time
             
For everytime 

              
I thought abou

              
t it, Lord I d

             
ied some more 

   
inside.

             
And they put s

              
tripes on my b

      
ack.  Memories

 of hurt.
             
And the only t

              
ime I seen sun

              
shine is when 

          
I shoveled dir

t.

Digging ditche

s on the chain

 gain and slee

ping in the ho

les.
             
Oh Lord, pleas

              
e forgive me b

              
ecause I could

           
 not wait paro

ll.

[Chorus]
             
And I'm coming

  
 home to see m

y Jesus.
              
Lord, it feels

              
 so close this

  
 time.
              
Please have me

             
rcy on a soldi

              
er from the Ge

              
orgia-Florida 

 
mines.
           
When they find

 me they must 

kill me.
             
Oh Jesus save 

              
my soul.  I ca

              
n't go back do

       
wn to Raiford.
              
I can't take t

        
hat anymore.


When Vietnam w

as over there 

was no work he

re for me.
              
I had a hungry

             
 wife and chil

             
dren that I ha

       
d to feed.

Now they say I

'm guilty, whe

n they find me

 I must die.
             
Only me and Je

              
sus know that 

             
I never stole 

   
a dime.


These last few

 years behind 

me, Lord they'

ve been so sad

.
             
I fought proud

              
ly for my coun

              
try when the t

          
imes were bad.

And when they 

find me and ki

ll me, yes whe

n they shoot m

e down.
              
Won't you fly 

             
old glory prou

             
dly with my me

            
dals on the gr

ound.

[Chorus](2x)