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EmiSunshine begins the second set with a solo performance of her new song "Sinner's Serenade" at The Southgate House Revival in Newport, Kentucky on September 2, 2016. Written by Emilie Hamilton, Alisha Hamilton and Fish Fisher. Cameras and post-production: Sie Callebs
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Well I just got sentenced for sinnin' in this podunk town
Crooked judge he was grinnin' but it's too late now
And I ain't trying to justify a single thing I done
When he dropped that gavel my life unraveled
Now I'm just tryin' to pick the pieces up

There ain't no bars in the prison cell, it's steel doors, bricks and mortar
Every day is gettin' longer while my life is gettin' shorter
And no one seems to recognize that I was good in better days
My only hope is to make parole but it seems so far away

My life ain't my own no more 'cause I've gone astray
Alone in my cell I talk to myself and say
I need redemption, some self correction
I learned my lesson, gonna change my ways,
I'll walk the straight and narrow, I'll fly free like a sparrow
On my knees for prayer though, my only hope is faith
Is there a song for me though I've never been a saint
Sinner's serenade

Well I know it could be worse, I see some folks that'll be here when they die
I've seen the hardest criminals break down and cry
But for me I'm just countin' down every single day
They come and go but no one knows just how much I've changed

These men and women judge me, all they're seeing is my past
Everyone is so skeptical, wondering if the good in me will last
I've only got half an hour to make them see
That parole would do more good than these chains around my feet

My life ain't my own no more 'cause I've gone astray
Alone in my cell I talk to myself and say
I need redemption, some self correction
Because I learned my lesson, gonna change my ways
I'll walk the straight and narrow, I'll fly free like a sparrow
On my knees for prayer though, my only hope is faith
Is there a song for me though I've never been a saint

I need redemption, some self correction
'Cause I learned my lesson, gonna change my ways,
I'll walk the straight and narrow, I'll fly free like a sparrow
On my knees for prayer though, my only hope is faith

Is there a song for me though I've never been a saint
My life ain't my own no more because I've gone astray
Alone in my cell I talk to myself and say
I need redemption, some self correction
'Cause I learned my lesson, gonna change my ways,
I'll walk the straight and narrow, I'll fly free like a sparrow
On my knees for prayer though, my only hope is faith
'Cause there's a song for me though I've never been a saint
Sinner's serenade

Well I just got sentenced for sinnin' in this podunk town
Crooked judge he was grinnin' but it's too late now