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

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