Soul of a Convict-Porter Wagoner

[ti:Soul of a Convict] [ar:Porter Wagoner] [al:The Essential Porter Wagoner] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.81]Will he take the soul of a convict [00:07.50] [00:08.41]Could I be one of those he choosed [00:16.69] [00:18.59]I was taught the Bible from childhood [00:21.07]At my mother's knee I learned to pray [00:22.92] [00:23.88]I was taught of God and all his goodness [00:26.16] [00:27.13]And the devil and his evil ways [00:29.09] [00:30.25]There's good in the bad and bad in the good [00:32.72] [00:33.49]And there's none that's free from sin [00:35.39] [00:36.78]But there's some questions I've wondered about [00:38.91] [00:40.25]What happens to the men who die in the pen [00:43.24] [00:45.79]Just imagine yourself the judge God Almighty [00:49.05] [00:50.07]As you gaze over all these men [00:51.89] [00:53.41]When death takes IT'S toll [00:55.12] [00:55.92]What becomes of the soul of the men [00:59.34]Who die in the pen [01:00.19] [01:02.61]Do you think of God that's true [01:04.12]And just could look from his heavenly throne [01:06.40] [01:07.46]And be pleased to see men placed in chains and stripes [01:11.38]And tucked from their loved ones at home [01:12.91] [01:14.58]Worked until they're completely axhuasted [01:16.55] [01:17.59]And your soul cries out in vain [01:19.75] [01:20.98]Fed like a hog and treated like a dog [01:23.70] [01:24.98]And at night to the bed you're chained [01:27.10] [01:29.46]Worked from sunup to sundown [01:31.99]Through all kinds of weather [01:33.82] [01:35.23]And if you don't do the things just right [01:36.91] [01:38.12]You get introduced to the leather [01:39.66] [01:42.05]You see it's not the pain I mind so much [01:44.30] [01:45.27]As I'm stretched out on the floor [01:46.79] [01:47.80]It's just the thought that I can't do my part [01:50.29]That's what breaks my heart [01:51.33] [01:52.66]You see I'm just not man enough anymore [01:54.91] [01:57.77]Oh there are a lotta other things [01:59.13]I could tell you [01:59.90] [02:00.62]That you'd marvel at and say [02:02.08] [02:03.52]Why I didn't know in those modern times [02:05.59] [02:06.69]They treated men that way but they do [02:09.47] [02:11.10]That's why I ask you do you think [02:12.98]That God could turn with a sneer and frown [02:15.12] [02:15.83]At the men who die in the pen [02:17.52] [02:18.28]Do you think he'll turn us down [02:19.73] [02:22.44]I believe there's a heaven and a hell [02:24.09] [02:25.08]And in God I put my trust [02:26.92] [02:28.48]That's why I'm asking these questions [02:29.93] [02:30.75]I believe he's true and just [02:32.32] [02:34.14]And I just imagine he'll tell me [02:35.83]As we meet at the golden stairs [02:37.94] [02:39.38]Hell's not just meant for some of the men [02:41.65] [02:42.17]Who die in the pen [02:43.18] [02:44.35]But for some who have mistreated them there [02:46.55] [02:50.13]You see we're paying for the mistakes [02:52.07]We made in our sins [02:53.53] [02:54.30]As we've had our troubles in life [02:56.09] [02:56.87]Because we're the underdogs of humanity [02:59.34] [03:00.22]And surely God won't make us pay twice [03:03.27] [03:05.95]I believe on that Day of Judgement [03:07.95] [03:08.61]He'll have this convict called in [03:10.76] [03:11.74]And he'll say it's true hell's not for you [03:14.96] [03:16.01]You had your hell in the pen [03:18.03] [03:19.35]Soul of a Convict - Porter Wagoner