Beyond The Last Mile - Ernest Tubb

I’m watching the clock tick the hours away

They say that I will hang at the dawn of the day

But why should I fear death when it’s life anew

For dying only takes me much closer to you

You left me in anger and walk by the sea

And when they found your body they blamed it on me

But you know they were wrong dear so wait for awhile

Soon we’ll be together beyond the last mile

Stars hide their face to make way for the sun

Death it’ll soon claim me and make us as one

While others are walking the streets with a smile

Then I will be walking beyond the last mile

The jury agreed I have taken your life

The sentence that they gave me it cut like a knife

But I’ll face my Maker today with a smile

I know that you’ll be waiting beyond the last mile

The chaplain is making his last plea to God

Soon the numbered steps to the scaffold I’ll trod

My footsteps won’t falter I’ll walk with a smile

I know that you’ll be waiting beyond the last mile