Cash, Johnny - Prisoner's Song Lyrics






I wish I had someone to love me someone to call me their own
I wish I had someone to live with cause I'm tired of livin' alone

I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow leavin' my little darling all alone
With the cold prison walls all around me and my head on a pillow of stone
(Make that piano cry Larry Butler)

If I had the wings of an angel over these prison walls I would fly
I would fly to the arms of my darling and there I'd be willing to die





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  1. a.... l....

    The original of this song was an anonymous British folk song from around the turn of the 20th century that mentioned a notoriously bad English prison, Newgate, changed to "new jail" in the American version.

  2. T.... A....

    Who gave thumbs down

  3. W.... N....

    Happy 87th birthday Johnny Cash

    W.... N....

    He died you know.

  4. D.... B....

    Amazing

  5. J.... C....

    Pat Dazey backed up by Floyd Cramer and some great fiddle playing doesn't get any better

  6. A.... U....

    Dood. Good. Jo

  7. j.... s....

    I wish his TV show was back on TV. those old re-runs are classic! remember when we tuned into shows every week night?? they don't do that anymore!! wait a minute, the TV has to warm up !! LOL!!

  8. d.... r....

    la chansons préfé de père

    d.... r....

    Moi aussi Denis!

  9. G.... J....

    Glenn Johnson Just had this tune in my brain driving home from work.Had to go on here!RIP Johnny Cash

  10. R.... E....

    This song is beautiful, no matter who sings it. It tells us that all a person really wants in their life is love. Jackie

  11. R.... S....

    I sure miss him...

  12. a.... ....

    I'll take your word for it. Thanks for the tip!

  13. b.... ....

    This song is titled "The Prisoner's Song."

    b.... ....

    wow...thanks.....wow. seriously?

  14. J.... F....

    i love all his songs i miss him

  15. H.... M....

    Brilliant Channel My Friend. :-)

  16. R.... R....

    Damn, the day he was singing this, I was being born!! Also on this exact day, "What´s Going on" by Marvin Gaye was being published as a single...so if someone asks me what was happening musically when you were born, I can say "here, how about these two things?"

    R.... R....

    It was taped beforehand, but you were born the day this episode aired :-)

  17. s.... ....

    Love it! Thank you,pure class

  18. K.... ....

    I just don't have words for how much I miss this man. God Bless Johnny Cash!