I've been away for just a year Have you forgotten me, my dear? The judge said I must pay the cost I never knew how much I'd lost Until they sent me far away Where each minute seems a day But maybe someday I'll be free Will you be waiting there for me? I'm in this cell because of you The crime I did you drove me to My jealous heart just could not stand To see you with another man Until they sent me far away Where each minute seems a day But maybe someday I'll be free Will you be waiting there for me? I hope someday that you will learn And brokenhearted you'll return But listen, darlin', please don't wait For maybe then will be too late Until they sent me far away Where each minute seems a day But maybe someday I'll be free Will you be waiting there for me?