I'm Just Here to Get My Baby out of Jail
A Mother's Sacrifice: Rescuing Love from Behind Bars
Lyrics
I'm not in this town to stay
I'm not planning to stay in this town permanently.
Said a lady old and grey
Aged woman expressed her intentions.
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Her main purpose is to secure the release of her child from jail.
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Affirmation to the warden about the singular goal of freeing her child.
I will wash all your clothes
Offering to perform domestic chores to help her cause.
I will scrub all your clothes
Reiteration of willingness to do household tasks to aid her child's release.
If that will get my baby out of jail
Expressing a readiness to do anything to free her child from jail.
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Repeating the purpose of her presence to the warden.
I will pawn you my watch
Offering personal possessions like a watch to help with the release.
I will pawn you my chain
Offering another personal possession, a chain, in exchange for her child's freedom.
I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
Offering a valuable item, a gold diamond ring, to secure her child's release.
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Reaffirming the primary goal of getting her child out of jail.
When those gates swung wide apart
Describing the moment when the jail gates open.
She held her darling to her heart
Portraying the emotional reunion of the mother and child.
She kissed kissed her baby boy and then she died
Tragically, the mother dies after reuniting with her child.
Yes, warden, in the arms of her dear boy there she died
Confirming the mother's death while in the arms of her son.
Yes, warden, in the arms of her dear boy there she died
Repeating the confirmation of the mother's death in her son's arms.
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