The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I got up to say good-bye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell 'Let my guitar playing friend do my request. 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 evening when a choir came in from town and got up to sing a few old gospel songs Then I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mama sang. Would you sing it once before we move along?' Won't you 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