[1] I received your letter you wrote dear In [4] which you said you'd wait for [1] me I'm [5] asking you to please not wait dear It will only ruin your life I [1] see
Now please don't wait for me darling We can never be happy I know I'll always be an ex-convict And branded wherever I go
In three years my sentence is over The gates will swing wide for me The warden will say I'm a free man But my name will never be free
May God bless you for your kindness You stuck with me through thick and thin I love you too much to disgrace you In closing God bless you again
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[1] I received your letter you wrote dear In [4] which you said you'd wait for [1] me I'm [5] asking you to please not wait dear It will only ruin your life I [1] see
Now please don't wait for me darling We can never be happy I know I'll always be an ex-convict And branded wherever I go
In three years my sentence is over The gates will swing wide for me The warden will say I'm a free man But my name will never be free
May God bless you for your kindness You stuck with me through thick and thin I love you too much to disgrace you In closing God bless you again