album version: Cold as clay
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Went out last night to take a little round
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I met a little Sadie and I blowed her down
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Bummed a ride home, got in to bed, .44 smokeless under my head
[Verse 2]
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I began to think what the deed I'd done
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I grabbed my hat and away'd I run
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I made a good run just a little too slow, overtook me in Jericho
[Verse 3]
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Standin' on the corner, ringin' the bell
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Up walks the sheriff from Thomasville
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He said "young man is your name Brown? 'Member that night you shot Sadie down?"
[Verse 4]
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Oh yes sheriff my name is Lee
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I murdered little Sadie in the first degree
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First degree, second degree, if you got any papers you can read 'em for me
[Verse 5]
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Took me downtown, dressed me in black
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Put me on a train and they sent me back
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Had no one for to go my bail, crammed me back in the county jail
[Verse 6]
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Judge and the jury took their stand
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The judge had the papers in his right hand
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41 days, 41 nights, 41 years to wear the ball and the stripes