Sing Me Back Home
Journey Through Time: Sing Me Back Home's Evocative Tale
Lyrics
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
The prison warden escorts a condemned prisoner to his execution.
And I stood up to say good bye like all the rest
The narrator stands up to bid farewell, following the tradition of others.
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
The prisoner requests the warden to let his guitar-playing friend fulfill his last wish.
Let my guitar playing friend do my request
The prisoner asks for a song to be performed by his friend on the guitar.
Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
The requested song is meant to evoke memories from the narrator's past.
Make my old memories come alive
The hope is for the performance to revive old memories.
Take me away and turn back the years
Expressing the desire to be transported to the past and relive earlier years.
Sing me back home before I die
The plea to have the song sung before the impending death of the narrator.
I recall last Sunday morning a choir from 'cross the street
The narrator recalls a choir singing gospel songs on a Sunday morning.
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
The choir sings traditional gospel tunes.
And I heard him tell the singers ""there's a song my mama sang
The narrator requests a specific song his mother used to sing from the choir.
Could I hear it once before you move along?
The narrator asks to hear the requested song before the choir departs.
Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
The repeated request for the friend to sing the requested song for the narrator.
Make my old memories come alive
The desire for the song to bring back memories from the past.
Take me away and turn back the years
Expressing the wish to be taken back in time and relive earlier experiences.
Sing me back home before I die
The urgency to have the song sung before the narrator's impending death.
Sing me back home, with the song I used to hear
A repetition of the plea to be sung the requested song for nostalgic purposes.
Make my old memories come alive
The hope that the song will rekindle memories from the narrator's past.
Take me away and turn back the years
Expressing the desire to be taken back in time and relive earlier years.
Sing me back home before I die
The plea to have the song sung before the impending death of the narrator.
Sing me back home before I die
A final repetition of the plea to be sung the requested song before the narrator's death.
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