《Billy Austin》歌词

歌曲： Billy Austin

所属专辑：Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator

歌手： Steve Earle & The Dukes

时长： 07:08

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Billy Austin (live) - Steve Earle & The Dukes[00:00:00]

My name is Billy Austin[00:00:57]

I'm twenty-nine years old[00:01:04]

I was born in Oklahoma[00:01:09]

Quarter Cherokee I'm told[00:01:16]

Don't remember Oklahoma[00:01:24]

It's been so long since I left home[00:01:29]

Seems like I've always been in prison[00:01:35]

Like I've always been alone[00:01:42]

Didn't mean to hurt nobody[00:01:52]

Never thought I'd cross that line[00:01:56]

I held up a filling station[00:02:03]

Like I'd done a hundred times[00:02:10]

The kid done like I told him[00:02:19]

He lay face down on the floor[00:02:23]

Guess I'll never know what made me[00:02:30]

Turn and walk back through that door[00:02:36]

The shot rang out like thunder[00:02:44]

My ears rang like a bell[00:02:50]

No one came runnin'[00:02:59]

And so I called the cops myself[00:03:04]

Took their time to get there[00:03:13]

So I guess I could run[00:03:17]

And I should be feeling something[00:03:24]

But I never shed tear one[00:03:31]

And I didn't even make the papers[00:03:41]

'Cause I only killed one man[00:03:45]

But my trial was over quickly[00:03:51]

And then the long hard wait began[00:03:58]

Court appointed lawyer[00:04:08]

Couldn't look me in the eye[00:04:12]

He just stood up and closed his briefcase[00:04:18]

When they sentenced me to die[00:04:25]

And now my waitin's over[00:04:35]

As the final hour drags by[00:04:40]

I ain't about to tell you[00:04:49]

That I don't deserve to die[00:04:53]

There's twenty-seven men here[00:05:02]

Mostly black and brown and poor[00:05:07]

And most of 'em are guilty[00:05:14]

And who are you to say for sure [00:05:21]

So when the preacher comes to get me[00:05:28]

And they shave off all my hair[00:05:36]

Could you take that long walk with me[00:05:43]

Knowing Hell's waitin' there [00:05:50]

Could you pull that switch yourself sir[00:05:59]

With a sure and steady hand [00:06:05]

Could you still tell youself sir[00:06:15]

That you're better than I am [00:06:19]

My name is Billy Austin[00:06:29]

I'm twenty-nine years old[00:06:35]

I was born in Oklahoma[00:06:42]

Quarter Cherokee I'm told[00:06:49]