Hank Snow - Walking the Last Mile lyrics

Walking the last mile so weary and slow It leads to the gallows from where I don't know One step every minute each minute seems as a year This parting is bitter when no friend is near If I had one wish Lawd and that could come true I'd wish I was pardoned and back home with you I'd get on my knees Lawd and if you'd forgive No more would I hurt you as long as I live (The way I go on Lawd is crashing my soul It's hard to be tied down in this prison hole) There is one regret Lawd that tortures my brain It's that I've been careless in causing you pain Walking the last mile with each step of blare Praying forgiveness from him way up there Oh please say a prayer Lawd for it's my last keep Please pray the great Master shows mercy on me Perhaps in the next world on that judgement day I'll find that the Master washed my sins away There I'll hold my head up when my soul is free And rest in your arm Lawd through eternity