Send a Picture Of Mother

Johnny Cash

Tom: G

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    After seven years behind these bars together,
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    I'll miss you more than a brother when you go, when you go,
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    if only I had not tried to escape,
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    they'd pardon me with you, I know, yes, I know.

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    Won't you tell the folks back home I'll soon be coming,
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    and don't let them know, I never will be free, be free.
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    Sometimes write and tell me how they're doing,
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    and send a picture of mother back to me.

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    Say hello to Dad and shake his poor hardworking hand,
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    and send a picture of mother, if you can.

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    I'm happy for you that you got your freedom,
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    but stay with me just another minute or so, or so,
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    after all this sweat n blood together,
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    who'll be my fighting partner when you go, when you go ?

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    The hardest time will be on Sunday morning,
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    church bells will ring on Heaven Hill, Heaven Hill.
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    Please, ask Reverend Garrett to pray for me,
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    and send a picture of mother, if you will.

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    Say hello to Dad and shake his poor hardworking hand,
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    and send a picture of mother, if you can.