Yellow Mama Songtext
von Will Kimbrough

I know I done wrong, I know I must pay

Yellow mama have mercy on me
I sat in this cell for one thousand days
Yellow mama have mercy on me
Appeals have run out, the governor won′t bend
Yellow mama have mercy on me
I done did the crime, now here comes the end
Yellow mama have mercy on me
Yellow mama have mercy on me
Yellow mama have mercy on me

I'm walking the hall, I′ve done seen the priest


Yellow mama have mercy on me
I had my last meal, I'll soon be deceased
Yellow mama have mercy on me
I got hooked on that dope, I went out of my mind
Yellow mama have mercy on me
I robbed and I killed, now it's my turn to die
Yellow mama have mercy on me
Yellow mama have mercy on me
Yellow mama have mercy on me

Mama can′t help me now, my pa never would

Yellow mama have mercy on me
They taught me I never was any good
Yellow mama have mercy on me
I′ll never be free, I wish I was dead
Yellow mama have mercy on me
With two thousand volts running straight through my head
Yellow mama have mercy on me

Yellow mama have mercy on me
Yellow mama have mercy on me
Yellow mama have mercy on me
Yellow mama have mercy on me