King’s Highway
Angry Johnny And The Killbillies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmu8Jybg7hU
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I killed JC down in Chesterfield
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And now they’re cooking my last meal
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He had it coming I still contend
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But we know how this story ends
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It happened up on King’s Highway
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It was a cold dark winter Saturday
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I took him out into the trees
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I put that bastard on his knees
[Chorus]
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I said why’d you do the things you did
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God damn it she was just a kid
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He laughed and said she was a dear
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I slit his throat from ear to ear
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His laughing stopped his body fell
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He gurgled like an arteson well
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I beat him till my knuckles broke
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I beat him till his face was gone
[Chorus]
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When they found me I was drenched with blood
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Then they found his body in the mud
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They said what was it you were thinking son
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I said I did what you all should’ve done
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So here we are my final hour
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Damned by fools and judged by cowards
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I’ve made peace with my sweet Lord
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The rest of you are on your own