I'm broken-hearted, I'm a broken man
Driven by anger on that night I ran
I had me a woman I thought she'd be true
But she'd gone and left me you know my life is through

Lonely weekends, baby,
Lonely nights
The judge he done gave me ninety-nine to life

I wish she could be here
Lord if she only could
Instead she's layin' in a puddle of blood
She was my baby
I thought she'd be my wife
I killed my baby
I killed her with my knife

Lonely weekends, baby,
Lonely nights
The judge he done gave me ninety-nine to life

Alone I sit here in my prison cell
The Lord only knows now I'm in a living Hell
The rest of my life now in this penitentiary
But the good Lord above now
"Please have mercy on me"

Lonely weekends, baby,
Lonely nights
The judge he done gave me ninety-nine to life