Sing Me Back Home Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
"Let my guitar-playing friend do my request."
[Chorus]
Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die
[Verse 2]
I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers, "There's a song my mama sang
Could I hear it once before you move along?"
[Chorus]
Won't you sing me back home with a song I used to hear?
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die
Sing me back home before I die
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
"Let my guitar-playing friend do my request."
[Chorus]
Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die
[Verse 2]
I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers, "There's a song my mama sang
Could I hear it once before you move along?"
[Chorus]
Won't you sing me back home with a song I used to hear?
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die
Sing me back home before I die
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Genius Annotation
This is a song about a prisoner taking the last walk to execution. Haggard did time in San Quentin, and the inspiration for the song comes from his friendship with a fellow inmate named “Rabbit”, who took just such a walk.
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November 1, 1967
Sing Me Back Home Covers
Sing Me Back Home by Alabama, En Slant Til Trikken Hjem by Nordre Sving, Sing Me Back Home by The Harden Trio, Sing Me Back Home by Joan Baez (Ft. Jeffrey Shurtleff), Sing Me Back Home by The Grateful Dead, Sing Me Back Home by The Flying Burrito Brothers, Sing Me Back Home by The Everly Brothers, Sing Me Back Home by Suzy Bogguss, Sing Me Back Home by Marianne Faithfull (Ft. Keith Richards), Sing Me Back Home [Live at Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD, 9/17/72] by The Grateful Dead, Sing Me Back Home by Joe Nichols, Sing Me Back Home by Ben Haggard, Sing Me Back Home (Live at Golden Hall, San Diego, August 7, 1971) by The Grateful Dead, Sing Me Back Home (Live in Veneta, Oregon, August 27, 1972) by The Grateful Dead & Sing Me Back Home (Live at Fillmore East NYC April 1971) by The Grateful Dead
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