Death Row Blues Lyrics

Somebody hear me call

Oh, won't somebody listen

My baby's out there having fun

While I'm rotting up in prison

She's wearing her high heels now

While I'm scraping shit off my shoes

Yeah, life's a bitch, baby

When you're stuck here with these death row blues

I've been here for so long

It'll be nine years this summer

My cell ain't no presidential suite

And the service is a bummer

You know I ain't got nothing

So I ain't got nothing to lose

But life's a bitch, baby

When you're stuck here with these death row blues

You know I shot a guy in Houston

But I swear it was him or me

So they locked me up with rats and bugs

To keep me company

I pray for absolution

But I know it's no use

'Cause no one listens to you

When you're stuck here with these death row blues

Yeah, you'd be here with me, baby

If it was for me to choose

And your sorry ass would feel the pain of waiting

Waiting...

Waiting...

With these death row blues