Just outside these prison bars   The hanging tree is waitin'   At sunrise I'll meet darkness   And death will say hello      Darling, touch your lips to mine   And tell me you love me   Promise me again before you go      Will you visit me on Sundays?   Will you bring me pretty flowers?   Will your big blue eyes be misty?   Will you brush away a tear?      A grave is filled with silence   If a sleeping man could hear   Darling, would I hear   Your footsteps up there?      Promise me that time won't   Separate me from your mem'ry   That you'll remember me   Until the days of silver hair      If not for you, I know   I'd lose my mind before morning   Hold me close and   Tell me you still care      Will you visit me on Sundays?   Will you bring me pretty flowers?   Will your big blue eyes be misty?   Will you brush away a tear?      A grave is filled with silence   If a sleeping man could hear   Darling, would I hear   Your footsteps up there?