Please grant my last request   I really must confess   I'm only in this mess   Because of Tambourine   She was the girl I knew   Sweet as the morning dew   In me she turned the screw   And turned me loose   We were so wild and proud   Always caught hanging out   One night we'd bring the town   On that crazy juice   We tasted every sin   Til the law came crashing in   Now I'm doing 9 - 10   In the county pen      She was a wild gal   With that hemp hanging down   She took away my frown   And made me sing the blues   I was an honest man   Until I met trouble tam   She told me everything   I told the tambourine      Mr. Jailer   Won't you set me free   I'm only guilty   Of loving Tambourine   And if I ever do   See blue skies someday   I'm gonna hestitate   To do it all again