If I could turn back the hands of time   If I could turn back the clock   I wouldn't be in the place I'm in   I wouldn't be in the dock   Where's your friends when you need them most   Probably hidin' under a rock   If I could undo the things I did   If I could turn back the clock      It started out like any other day   Lazin' around with nothing to do   My mind started wondering onto criminal things   And how to make a dollar or two   I called the guys on my telling phone   And told them of my little scheme   We drank some beer, we ate some pills,   I shared with them my dream      I can't recall exactly how   I got to where I shouldn't have been   ]my head seemed filled with hombre stuff   I fealt like I was on the screen   I drank more beer, I ate more pills   Gained myself a spinning head   I raised a gun, I killed a man   I'm told it was for something he said      It's been a year since I said a prayer   But God almighty, if your listening up there      If I could turn back the hands of time   If I could turn back the clock   I wouldn't be in this cell right now   I wouldn't be in the dock   Where's your friends when you need them most   Probably hidin' under a rock   If I could undo the things I did   If I could turn back the clock      Misters life and death drone on   In their salutary tones   While I stand in that wooden dock   All sober and alone   The papers say it's such a crime   What's been dished to me   And people who I do not know   Are banging on for clemency      Now I have the best of cells   With ladies on my walls   When I'm moved they holler "dead man walking"   The words echo around the halls   I ponder on where my soul is bound   As I stare up at the moon   Above the clouds, beneath the ground   I'm gonna find out real soon      Strap me in to the killing chair   Give me the volts, straighten out my hair   It's been a year since I said a prayer   But God almighty, if your listening up there      If I could turn back the hands of time   If I could turn back the clock   I wouldn't be in this place right now   I wouldn't be in the dock   Where's your friends when you need them most   Probably hidin' under a rock   If I could undo all the things I did   If I could turn back the clock