Austin Prison
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They had a warrant out for me all over country
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And I was trying to beat two raps in Idaho
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I was breaking into a school house Sunday morning without warning
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When I saw the sheriff coming for me slow from down below
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His steel grey eyes were blazing when he saw me
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His hand was on his gun when he rode up
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He said you killed that woman I know you shot her why'd you do it
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I'm taking you to Austin and I'm gonna lock you up
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Well he tied me with the plowline the next morning
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And he had me deep in Texas the next day
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A crazy screaming lynch mob waited in streets of Austin
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But he put me in the jailhouse and he threw the key away
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A jury found me guilty three months later
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Weld evil men with murder in their eyes
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They even took me out and said now show us where you killed her
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And that wicked judge said now I hereby sentence you to die
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But here I am far away from Austin prison my friend the jailor handed me a file
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Now all I want between me and there are a lot of friendly people
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And miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles