Joan Baez - Sing Me Back Home

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom.

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 playng friend do my request.

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".

I recall, last Sunday morning, a choir from off the street,

Came in to do 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?

Won't you sing me back home, the 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".

• Artist:Joan Baez
• Album: Day at a Time (2005 Edition)