[00:06.35]It was just a little while past the sunset strip,
[00:09.24]They found the girl's body in an open pit,
[00:12.40]Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide,
[00:16.06]Gazing through the fog to the other side,
[00:18.80]They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail,
[00:21.40]With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail,
[00:24.65]Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall,
[00:27.85]Remembering the music of my lover's call,
[00:37.10]So you make no mistake,
[00:38.04]I know just what it takes,
[00:39.64]To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates,
[00:42.47]I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin,
[00:45.80]But they say it's never too late to start again,
[00:48.63]Oh when, oh when,
[00:51.61]Will the spirit come a calling for my soul's sin,
[00:54.62]Oh when, oh when,
[00:57.79]Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
[01:12.80]It was dark as the grave, it was just about three,
[01:15.91]When the warden with his key came to set me free,
[01:18.86]They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit,
[01:21.80]A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute,
[01:24.60]So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande,
[01:27.41]And I shot a man down on the edge of town,
[01:30.76]Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around,
[01:33.34]Til the sheriff pulled me in and sat me down,
[01:38.05]He said, you make no mistake,
[01:39.44]I know just what it takes,
[01:40.88]To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates,
[01:43.69]I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin,
[01:46.80]But they say it's never too late to start again,
[01:49.80]Oh when, oh when,
[01:52.83]Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin,
[01:55.89]Oh when, oh when,
[01:58.49]Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
[02:13.79]Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song,
[02:16.87]So I took the first train up to Oregon,
[02:19.69]And I killed the first man that I came upon,
[02:22.59]Because the devil works quick, you know it don't take long,
[02:27.55]Then I went to the river ford to take a swim,
[02:29.79]You know that black river water is as black as sin,
[02:32.89]And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe,
[02:35.92]And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade,
[02:38.98]Oh when, oh when,
[02:41.88]Will the spirit come a calling for my soul's sin,
[02:45.44]Oh when, oh when,
[02:47.87]Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
[02:50.70]Oh when, oh when,
[02:53.59]Will that black river water wash me clean again,
[02:56.73]Oh when, oh when,
[02:59.62]Will thee keys to the kingdom be mine again,