i hope you've learned

i've been away for just a year

have you forgotten me

my dear?

the judge said i must pay the cost

i never knew how much i'd lost. until they sent me far away

where each minute seems a day

but maybe someday i'll be free

will you be waiting there for me?

i'm in this cell because of you

the crime i did you drove me to

my jealous heart just could not stand

to see you with another man. until they sent me far away

where each minute seems a day

but maybe someday i'll be free

will you be waiting there for me?

i hope someday that you will learn

and brokenhearted you'll return

but listen

darlin'

please don't wait

for maybe then will be too late. until they sent me far away

where each minute seems a day

but maybe someday i'll be free

will you be waiting there for me?.