Hard Rock Mountain Prison (Til I Die)

Deep in the Blueridge mountains mom and dad pray all alone
For a wayward son who never will come home
I can hear daddy say, “suppertime!”, Rock of Ages, momma sing
But when daylight breaks all I’m gonna hear is my nine pound hammer ring

I can see the autumn leaves a fallin’ ‘round our cabin door
And daddy plowin’ in the fields at home where I will walk no more
One day I’ll be free and over prison walls I’ll fly
But it’s Hard Rock Mountain prison ‘till I die

This heart of mine is pinin’ for the days of long ago
Just a barefoot boy at my secret fishin’ hole
Well, I’d love to hold that blue-eyed girl, she’s forever on my mind
But I know I can’t escape from doin’ Hard Rock Mountain time

I can see the autumn leaves a fallin’ ‘round our cabin door
And daddy plowin’ in the fields at home where I will walk no more
One day I’ll be free and over prison walls I’ll fly
But it’s Hard Rock Mountain prison ‘till I die

I can see the autumn leaves a fallin’ ‘round our cabin door
And daddy plowin’ in the fields at home where I will walk no more
One day I’ll be free and over prison walls I’ll fly
But it’s Hard Rock Mountain prison ‘till I die