1. Oh, I wish I had someone to love me,
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Someone to call me their own.
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Oh, I wish I had someone to live with,
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'Cause I'm tired of living alone.
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2. Oh, meet me tonight in the moonlight,
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Please meet me tonight all alone.
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For I have a sad story to tell you,
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It's a story that's never been told.
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3. I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow,
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Leaving my poor darling alone.
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With the cold prison bars all around me,
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And my head on a pillow of stone.
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4. Now I have a grand ship on the ocean,
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All mounted with silver and gold.
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And before my poor darling would suffer,
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Oh, that ship would be anchored and sold.
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5. Now, if I had the wings of an angel,
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Over these prison walls I would fly.
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And I'd fly to the arms of my darling,
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And there I'd be willing to die.
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The Prisoner's Song
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| Bill Monroe |
