Well, early one evenin, I was roamin around
I was feelin kinda mean, I shot the deputy down
Strolled along home and I went to bed
Well, I laid my pistol up under my head
He strolled along home
And he went to bed
And he laid his pistol
Up under his head
Well, early in the morning about the break of day
I figured it was time to make a getaway
Steppin right along but I was steppin too slow
Got surrounded by a sheriff down in Mexico
He was steppin right along
But he was steppin too slow
Got surrounded by a sheriff
In Mexico
When I was arrested I didnt have a dime
The sheriff says Son, youre ridin free this time
Where youre goin you wont need a cent
cause the great state of Texas gonna pay your rent
cause where youre goin
you wont need a cent
cause the great state of Texas
gonna pay your rent
Well, I didnt have a key and I didnt have a file
Naturally I stayed around until my trial
Judge was an old man, ninety-three
And I didnt like the way the jury looked at me
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| Well, the judge was an old man
Ninety-three
SPOKEN:
BACKUPS: The judge and the jury, they did agree
They all said Murder in the first degree
The judge set sayin
SPOKEN in an older voice: I dont know whether to hang im or
not but this here
killing of deputy sheriffs has just naturally got to stop.
You got a point there,
judge!
It was a most unsatisfactory trial
They gave me ninety-nine years on a hard rock pile
Ninety and nine on the hard rock ground
All I ever did was shoot the deputy down
Ninety and nine
On the hard rock pile
And all he ever did
Was shoot a deputy do-o-o-o-own
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