Sugar Hill

Oh please Sister Don't let me go to prison Don't let them take me now And put me on some chain gang Where the sun is beatin' down Well I know I've done some bad bad things For which I'm sorry now I never meant to hurt that kid But they want me anyhow I knocked him dead in Cartersville When he tried to hold me up I didn't mean to break his neck That was just bad luck So please Mama Don't let me go to prison Don't let them take me now And put me on some chain gang Where the sun is beatin' down Well the camps down at Sugar Hill Are a long long way from home It might be just six miles But you're stuck there like a stone It might not be quite death row But you're a long way from heaven Spendin' your days makin' roads And gettin' beat until you're dead So please Brother Don't let me go to prison Don't let them take me now And put me on some chain gang Where the sun is beatin' down Well I heard a man there wouldn't work So they tied him to some stakes They covered him with molasses And let the insects have a taste You might get get the rack and you might get the box Might get whipped until you bleed I might not have been perfect Pops But I am still your seed So please Father Don't let me go to prison Don't let them take me now And put me on some chain gang Where the sun is beatin' down No don't let me go to prison Don't let them take me now And put me on some chain gang Where the sun is beatin' down