Pledging My Love - David Allan Coe

It was in the Nineteen fifties

And I was in the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster, Ohio

And my favorite singer at that time was Johnny Ace

One night I came in a from my work assignment

And the guard told me that Johnny Ace was dead

He’d taken a gun and killed himself, and on the table

On the table beside him they found a, a tape of a song that

That he had written moments before he died

I’ve always wanted to sing that song but I was never able to a

I think after all these years

That I’d like to try to sing it for you Johnny

Forever my darling our love will be true

Always and forever I’ll love only you

Just promise me darling your love in return

Make this fire in my soul dear, forever burn

My heart’s at your command dear

To keep love and to hold

Making you happy is my desire

Keeping you is my goal

I’ll forever love you the rest of my days

I’ll never part from you and your loving ways

My heart’s at your command dear

To keep love and to hold

Making you happy is my desire

Loving you is my goal

I’ll forever love you the rest of my days

I’ll never part from you and your loving ways

This is my last letter

End of the song

My life is so miserable

I can’t go on