[Verse 1]
I'm in a women's prison
With bars all around
I caught my darling cheating
That's when I shot him down

[Verse 2]
I caught him in a honky-tonk
With a girl I used to know
The door to my cell is open wide
And a voice cries out, "Oh no!"

[Verse 3]
The judge says I'm guilty
My sentence is to die
I know I've been forgiven
But the price of love is high

[Chorus 1]
There's a crowd outside screaming
"Let that murderer die!"
But above all their voices
I can hear my mama cry
I'm sitting here on death row
And Lord, I've lost my mind
For love, I've killed my darling
And for love, I'll lose my life
[Verse 4]
I can hear the warden coming
From the clinging of his keys
But when they come to get me
He'll have to drag me off my knees

[Verse 5]
The door to my cell swings open
It's time for me to go
The priest is reading my last rites
He says "dying's part of livin', you know"

[Chorus 2]
There's a crowd outside screaming
"Let that murderer fry!"
But above all their voices
You can hear my mama cry

[Verse 6]
Now they've strapped me in the chair
And covered up my eyes
And the last voice I hear on Earth
Is my mama's cry

[Outro]
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see