It was just a little while past the Sunset Strip 
They found the girl's body in an open pit 
Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide 
Gazing through the fog to the other side 

They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail 
With no bail, sitting silent on [bad word] pail 
Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall 
Remembering the music of my lover's call 

So you make no mistake 
I know just what it takes 
To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates 
I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin 
But they say it's never too late to start again 

Oh when, oh when 
Will the [bad word] a-callin' for my soul to send 
Oh when, oh when 
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? 

It was dark as the grave, it was just about three 
When the warden with his key came to set me free 
They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit 
pistol and a hat and a worn out flute 

So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande 
And I shot a man down on the edge of town 
Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around 
Til the sheriff pulled me in and sat me down 

He said, you make no mistake