Prisoner's Prayer-Hank Snow

[ti:Prisoner's Prayer] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:The Early Hank Snow Vol.4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Prisoner's Prayer - Hank Snow [00:09.20]In my cell so dark and dreary [00:16.57] [00:17.30]The touch of God's hand I can feel [00:25.05] [00:26.51]Asking Him to please forgive me [00:34.64]Before Him pleading I would kneel [00:42.65] [00:43.22]I know someday beyond the sunset [00:50.98] [00:51.89]He'll call my name to make amends [01:01.25]Till that day I'll keep on prayin' [01:07.65] [01:09.29]And ask that he forgive my sins [01:18.48] [01:21.45]Must I spend my life without a goal [01:24.08] [01:25.44]In the staleness of this barren hole [01:28.22] [01:30.00]Must the ceiling always be my sky [01:32.61] [01:33.65]Is this the way my youth must die [01:36.14] [01:38.43]Could fate no better world arrange [01:40.56]Than gloomy walls that never change [01:43.42] [01:44.99]No stars or moon to shine on high [01:47.89] [01:48.74]Is this the way my youth must die [01:51.27] [01:53.86]Where the sun is such a stranger [01:56.06] [01:56.87]Mind and soul are both in danger [01:59.17] [02:01.21]With naught to do but sit and sigh [02:03.51] [02:04.61]Is this the way my youth must die [02:07.26] [02:09.33]This bare existence is not life [02:12.14] [02:13.16]I'd rather live in pain and strife [02:15.60] [02:17.09]My heart is tired but cannot cry [02:20.09] [02:21.26]Is this the way my youth must die [02:24.16] [02:26.16]My life is merely night and day [02:28.68] [02:29.88]With food brought in upon a tray [02:32.46] [02:34.37]To let me live but not to try [02:37.07] [02:38.22]Is this the way my youth must die [02:40.89] [02:42.40]Ah God give me the open air [02:44.63] [02:45.80]Give me hope and even care [02:47.79] [02:49.60]Let me live God and let me try [02:52.14] [02:53.22]'Cause this is no way for youth to die [02:56.07] [03:03.41]I know someday beyond the sunset [03:12.22]He'll call my name to make amends [03:20.02] [03:21.46]Till that day I'll keep on prayin' [03:27.49] [03:29.40]And ask that He forgive my sins