On a Monday I was arrested   On a Tuesday I was locked up in jail   On a Wednesday my trial was tested   On a Thursday nobody to give my bail      Lord it's all, almost done, Lord it's all, almost done   Oh, Lord it's all, almost done   And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more      Take these stripes, stripes them of my shoulder   Take these chains, chains from around my legs   Well, these stripes, no they don't worry me   But these chains, these chains are gonna kill me dead      Lord it's all, almost done, Lord it's all, almost done   Oh, Lord it's all, almost done   And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more      Well, she whispered, she whispered to her mama   She said ?Mama I can't see how he stands   'Cause he's only, he's only sweet sixteen, Lord   But they're drive him, they're driving him like a man"      Lord it's all, almost done, Lord it's all, almost done   Oh, Lord it's all, almost done   And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more      Well, I know, I know that someday   These gates, these gates gonna open wide   And we'll be gone, gone from here singin'   But the captain, we've gonna leave him inside      Lord it's all, almost done, oh, Lord it's all, almost done   Oh, Lord it's all, almost done   And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more