Walking the last mile so weary and slow
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It leads to the gallows from where I don't know
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One step every minute each minute seems as a year
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This parting is bitter when no friend is near
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If I had one wish Lawd and that could come true
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I'd wish I was pardoned and back home with you
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I'd get on my knees Lawd and if you'd forgive
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No more would I hurt you as long as I live
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(The way I go on Lawd is crashing my soul
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It's hard to be tied down in this prison hole)
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There is one regret Lawd that tortures my brain
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It's that I've been careless in causing you pain
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Walking the last mile with each step of blare
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Praying forgiveness from him way up there
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Oh please say a prayer Lawd for it's my last keep
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Please pray the great Master shows mercy on me
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Perhaps in the next world on that judgement day
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I'll find that the Master washed my sins away
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There I'll hold my head up when my soul is free
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And rest in your arm Lawd through eternity
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Walking The Last Mile
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Hank Snow |