[1] There's a cabin in the mountains oh so [4] many miles from [1] here
They sit there waitin' for me, my old' Dad and Mother dear
They don't [4] know I'm in this prison livin' in a six foot [1] square
I've worn these shoes of mine out walkin' but ain't [5] gettin' any-[1]-where

Take [4] away these iron bars, and take back [1] your suit of grey
I won't need your nine pound hammer if I [5] ever get away

At nine o'clock the lights go out and then there's not a sound
Except for Mike the prison guard as he make makes his rounds
But someday it will be different, Lord I hope it won't be long
He'll look into an empty cell and find that I have gone

If you're ever down in Eddyville and you want to call on me
It's the big house on the corner, my number's two-eight-three
I got six more years to stay here then brother I'll be gone
I'm goin' back to Mom and Dad and that little ol' mountain home