How long must I stay
 How long must I go on
 Taking my chances on burning away
 Don't take away my daylight
 Don't take away my dream 

 Why must I go
 To [bad word] and back again
 To [bad word] and back again
 To [bad word] and back again
 To [bad word] and back again 

 Will I make the morning
 To see another day
 The Gods [bad word] at midnight
 They're taking me away
 I'm waiting here on death row
 I pray for my reprieve 

 The chaplain and the gardener
 Have told me how to die
 I've used up all my chances
 Now's the time to cry
 For I can hear the footsteps
 The lights have just gone dim
 I'm on the final journey