Name: Waiting on the Governer's Call 2
Duration: 4 min 23 s
Channel: Barrett Gregg
Description: "Waiting on the Governer's Call 2" is a song by Barrett Gregg.

Waiting on the Governer's Call 2

Barrett Gregg

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Barrett Gregg

I am basically a hobbyist, I've been writing songs for years and have only just now got around to recording, and finding it not so much fun. I enjoy the writing more than performing, and performing more than recording.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

#10,197 today Peak #170

#2,299 in subgenre Peak #36

Author

Barrett Gregg

Rights

2007

Uploaded

January 21, 2008

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MP3

MP3 4.0 MB • 128 kbps • 4:23

Story behind the song

Lyrics by Tom Ward
Music by Barrett Gregg
Guitar and vocals by Barrett Gregg

Lyrics

Waiting on the Governor’s Call
Tom Ward & Barrett Gregg
 
The warden says get up now, it’s time 
Shackled hand and foot I slowly follow 
they walk me down a hall of stone and iron 
my heart is feeling only hollow

I'm waiting… 

Momma’s always preachin’ about hope 
I know our kind don’t get relief 
The preacher’s pleading pray, son, pray 
But I don’t have time for their beliefs 
I'm waiting on the Governor’s call

I’ve done my share of wrong in my time 
But I didn’t do the wrong that put me in here 
The jury found truth in someone’s lies
And the judge said son you won’t be spared 
Start waiting on the Governor’s call 

Got any last words?, the warden asks 
No, I say, while they strap me in the chair 
The preacher’s pleading pray, son, pray 
But I don’t need his mercy here 
I’m waiting..

I'm waiting for the Governor to call
But either way I will be released 
By the ringing of the phone up on the wall
Or the silent snapping of the switch 

One sends me straight to hell 
and ends my time on this earth 
One sends me right back to my cell
and I wonder which is worse
oh, I wonder which is worse

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