Lyrics

Death Row Blues
(Alice Olsen)

Down in the deep dark water lying there
Green swirling seaweed twined with yellow hair
Blue sightless eyes are staring back at me
Pale lifeless beauty at the bottom of the sea

Sitting in the jailhouse waiting for my trail
Still I am haunted by her lifeless smile
She was the woman I had wanted for my wife
In a fit of rage, I stabbed her with my knife

Jealousy you proved to be a false hearted friend
Jealosy you brought me to this bitter end
Too late I know that she loved only me
Now that she's dead at the bottom of the sea

Down in the deep dark water lying there
Green swirling seaweed twined with yellow hair
Blue sightless eyes are staring back at me
Only the hangman's noose can ever set me free