Loretta Lynn - Women's Prison Lyrics






I'm in a women's prison with bars all around
I caught my darlin cheatin that's when I shot him down
I caught him in a honky-tonk with a girl I used to know
The door to my cell is open wide and a voice cries out oh no

The judge says I'm guilty my sentence is to die
I know I've been forgiven but the price of love is high

The crowd outside is screamin' let the murderer die
But above all their voices I
can hear my mama cry

I'm sittin' here on death row and Lord I've lost my mind
For love I've killed my darlin and for love I'll lose my life

I can hear the warden coming
From the clinging of his keys
But when they come to get me
He'll have to drag me off my kness
The door to my cell swings open
It's time for me to go
The priest is reading my last rights
He says dying's part of livin' ya know

And there's a crowd outside screamin' let that murderer fry
But above all their voices
You can hear my mama cry

Now they've strapped me in the chair
And covered up my eyes
And the last voice I hear on Earth
Is my mama's cry





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  1. G.... ....

    Jojo stone ocean possible ending theme

    G.... ....

    ah another man of culture hoping to find obscure songs that could be Jojo EDs in a few years

  2. s.... ....

    Top notch song.

  3. n.... w....

    Only an absolute legend could make a song about murder this intriguing and beautiful.

  4. o.... e....

    so that's the white stripes backing?....what'dya know....jack don't give a fudge

  5. D.... ....

    I'd say this is the weirdest song on the album. Very morally ambiguous, compared to the rest of it.

  6. J.... C....

    POWERFUL!!!

  7. J.... C....

    What a voice I love Loretty

  8. D.... Q....

    thanks from Jack White she did great! i found it for my mom and she love it!

  9. K.... C....

    Under-rated song.  I thought this was a rare gem in this CD that never got any attention.  When I first read the title of this song I thought oh geeze some dirty song...then I knew it came Loretta Lynn which meant a story to it so I listened and I was not let down.  Great written and sang song.   Too bad it was never used in a film.....yet!

    K.... C....

    This is the first time hearing this song for me, and you are 500% right, it came from Loretta which meant it was a story she wanted to tell...it is a greatly written song and only Loretta could sing this song. It SHOULD have been a single of this album because it would have earned her another Grammy, but trophy or no trophy, Loretta's songs are like the Diary of her life, and even after her stroke, she is STILL kicking and kicking it good, and who knows, this could be a great song in a movie about a "troubled marriage"...

  10. g.... k....

    sad song but so true this is realty in the world hart breaking

  11. O.... ....

    Gotta find this...what a band and deep feel!

  12. d.... i....

    Love her !

  13. W.... M....

    Ik hoor dit nummer voor het eerst, de rillingen lopen over mijn rug. Dat filmproducenten dit nummer hebben gemist. Wat een power in dit nummer, ik ben echt niet op zoek naar dit genre, maar dit nummer heeft dezelfde krachtige uitstraling als Dead men walking van Bruce springsteen en the chair van Marty Robbins

  14. t.... w....

    Ladies and gentlemen...the First Lady of country music...Miss Loretta Lynn!

  15. a.... l....

    First time I ever heard this song and I love it! Sounds like me but I would off shot him!

  16. M.... ....

    Well, Nobody else can pull that SHEET off!!

  17. K.... B....

    Should be"Orange Is The New Black" themed song!

    K.... B....

    I would agree with you, this could be the theme song for "Orange is the New Black". And would make a beautiful theme song, for the show.

  18. M.... D....

    WOW....Loretta is still awesome

  19. B.... J....

    THIS OLE BILL JONES I STILL LOV YA LORETTA - YOU ARE THE BEST
    NASHVILLE EVER SEEN AND THEY KNOW IT !   YOU ARE A SINGERS SINGER
    NOT JUST AN ENTERTAINER. SEY HEY TO PATSY AND PEGGY FOR ME.
    ANOTHER GREAT SONG - PLZ WRITE ONE FOR ME LORETTA ABOUT
    YOUR WILD BILL JONES - # 1 FAN ALWAYS LOV YA !

  20. M.... G....

    Bow down to the queen.

  21. d.... y....

    Still, the 1st Lady of Country Music

  22. d.... h....

    Go Loretta! Good song, keep on going, nice song

  23. h.... ....

    this should have been the single off the album

  24. T.... C....

    this is actually the first time I've heard this song. I like it (can you like a song like this?!)