Intro
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verse 1
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I saw her standin' on her front lawn
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Just a-twirlin' her baton
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Me and her went for a ride sir
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And ten innocent people died
verse 2
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From the town of Lincoln Nebraska
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With a sawed-off .410 on my lap
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Through the badlands of Wyoming
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I killed everything in my path
Interlude
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verse 3
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I can't say that I am sorry
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For the things that we done
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At least for a little while sir,
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me and her we had us some fun
verse 4
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Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir
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And snaps my poor neck back
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You make sure my pretty baby
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Is sittin' right there on my lap
Interlude
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Verse 5
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Now the jury brought in a guilty verdict
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And the judge sentenced me to death
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Midnight in a prison storeroom
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With leather straps across my chest
Verse 6
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They declared me unfit to live,
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Said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
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They want to know why I did what I did
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Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
Interlude
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Hmmm
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Hmmm
Outro
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They want to know why I did what I did
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Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world