Stonewall Jackson Life To Go (1959) lyrics

Stonewall Jackson
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Life To Go (1959)
I've got a sad, sad story, friend that I don't like to tell
I had a home and family when they locked me in a cell
I've been in here eighteen years, a long, long time I know
But time don't mean a thing to me, cause I've got life to go

Well I went one night where the lights were bright just to see what I could see
I met up with an old friend who just thought the world of me
Well he bought me drinks and took me to every honky-tonk in town
Words were said, and now he's dead, I just had to bring him down


Well it's been a long, long time now, since I've heard from my wife
I know I'd be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
Well I bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years, and still got life to go

Well I'll bet there ain't a man outside who's spent this long in jail
I'll be inside this prison till my body's just a shell
No, I'm not free to go and see the one's that I love so
I've been in here eighteen years and still have life to go
I still have life to go