a prisoner in his cell was in there doing time
paying for his sins and paying for his crime
he was on death row staring at the clock
waiting for his time as he heard it tock
then came in the pardrea to say his last farewell
reading from the bible while he was in the cell
time was running out it was time to end
soon he would be going to where his sins would mend
he walked ino the chamber where is life would cease
then on his way to heaven where he could rest in peace