I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail Lyrics - Foreverly - Billie Joe + Norah

"I'm not in your town to stay," 

Said a lady old and gray 

To the warden of the penitentiary 

"I'm not in your town to stay 

And I'll soon be on my way 

I'm just here to get my baby out of jail 

Oh warden, 

I'm just here to get my baby out of jail" 

"I tried to raise my baby right 

I have prayed both day and night 

That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad 

I have searched both far and wide 

And I feared that he had died 

But at last I've found my baby here in jail 

Oh warden, 

At last I've found my baby here in jail" 

"It was just five years today 

When his daddy passed away 

He was found beneath the snow so cold and white 

T'was then I bowed to take his ring 

And his gold watch and his chain 

Then the county laid his daddy in the grave 

Yes warden, 

The county laid his daddy in the grave" 

"I will pawn you his watch 

I will pawn you his chain 

I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring 

I will wash all your clothes 

I will scrub all your floors 

If that will get my baby out of jail 

Yes warden, 

If that will get my baby out of jail" 

Then I heard the warden say 

To the lady old and gray: 

"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side" 

Two iron gates swung wide apart 

She held her darling to her heart 

She kissed her baby boy and then she died 

But smiling, 

She kissed her baby boy and then she died 

"I'm not in your town to stay," 

Said a lady old and gray 

"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail 

Yes warden, 

I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"