Branded Wherever I Go - Roy Acuff

I received the letter you wrote, dear\nIn which you said you’d wait for me\nI’m asking you to please not wait, dear\nIt will only ruin your life I see\nPlease don’t wait for me, darling\nWe could never be happy I know\nI’ll always be an ex convict\nAnd branded wherever I go\nIn three years my sentence is over\nThem gates will swing wide for me\nThe warden will say I’m a free man\nBut my name will never be free\nPlease don’t wait for me, darling\nWe could never be happy I know\nI’ll always be an ex convict\nAnd branded wherever I go\nMay God bless you for your kindness\nYou’ve stuck with me through thick and thin\nI love you too much to disgrace you\nIn closing God bless you again\nPlease don’t wait for me, darling\nWe could never be happy I know\nI’ll always be an ex convict\nAnd branded wherever I go