Town folks gather round
As they tighten the noose on my neck
Preacher says "Son, is there anything you like to say?
Loosen your tongue
Son tell us all your last request"
I whispered in his ear
The last breath I held in my chest
Hangman please let me down easy
Jesus heel my beck and call
Though I'm a sinner
Lord please forgive me
And let something soft break my fall
They said I killed the daughter of a man
And no one stood my bond
And I although I loved her, I'd never wished her any harm
They never found her body
But they beat me to tell where she lay
But I was not the one who had taken her
Led her astray
So hangman please let me down easy
And Jesus heel my beck and call
Though I'm a sinner
Lord please forgive me
But let something soft break my fall
The crowd grew still as he
Placed the bag over my head
The rope was pulled tight, and just
Moments until I'd be dead
When I heard the voice of a girl
Who screamed "I'm alive!"
The sweetest sound to my ears on
The day that I died
Oh! Hangman
Let me down easy
And Jesus heed my beck and call
And though I'm a sinner
Lord please forgive me
And let something soft break my fall
Oh! Hangman
Hangman
Let me down easy
And Jesus heed my beck and call
Though I'm a sinner
Lord please forgive me and
Let something soft break my fall
Break my fall
Break my fall
Break my fall
Break my
