These bars and chains, this loneliness, soon will endThey put me in this cold, dark, lonesome prisonFor a crime that I'm not guilty ofAnd tomorrow they'll take me to the death houseFor they think I took the life of the only one I loveWhen I take those thirteen steps tomorrow morningThese bars and chains, this loneliness, soon will endFor beyond those thirteen steps, I'll meet my darlingAnd my arms will be holding her againWhen I die at five o'clock tomorrow morningOne request, I pray that it be doneDo it fast, please make it quick, and get it overFor my angel will be waiting for meAt five o'clockWhen I take those thirteen steps tomorrow morningThese bars and chains, this loneliness, soon will endFor beyond those thirteen steps, I'll meet my darlingAnd my arms will be holding her again
