[Verse]

Well them four

 walls of Raif

ord, closing i

n on me.
             
Doin' three to

              
 five hard lab

            
or for armed r

     
obbery.
 
I had 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 Fl

             
orida-Georgia 


line.
        
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.

[Verse]

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]
  
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 Fl

             
orida-Georgia 


line.
        
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.

[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 Fl

             
orida-Georgia 


line.
        
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.