《Tom Ames’ Prayer》歌词

歌曲： Tom Ames’ Prayer

所属专辑：Train A Comin’

歌手： Steve Earle

时长： 03:02

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Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end[00:00:04]

Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such[00:00:09]

By the time that he was ten[00:00:11]

And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill[00:00:14]

And he tucked it in his hand[00:00:16]

He said I can tell you're headed for trouble son[00:00:18]

And your momma wouldn't understand[00:00:21]

So he took that money and his brothers old bay[00:00:23]

And he left without a word of thanks[00:00:26]

Fell in with a crowd in some border town[00:00:28]

And took to robbin' banks[00:00:31]

Outside the law your luck will run out fast[00:00:46]

And a few years came and went[00:00:49]

'Till he's trapped in an alley in Abilene[00:00:51]

With all but four shells spent[00:00:53]

And he realized prayin' was the only thing[00:00:56]

That he hadn't ever tried[00:00:58]

Well he wasn't sure he knew quite how[00:01:00]

But he looked up to the sky[00:01:03]

Said you don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know[00:01:05]

Lord don't owe nothin' to you[00:01:07]

And I ain't askin' for a miracle Lord[00:01:10]

Just a little bit of luck will do[00:01:12]

And you know I ain't never prayed before[00:01:14]

But it always seemed to me[00:01:17]

If prayin' is the same as beggin' Lord[00:01:20]

I don't take no charity[00:01:22]

Yeah but right now Lord with my back to the wall[00:01:35]

Can't help but recall[00:01:37]

How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse[00:01:39]

In Fort Smith Arkansas[00:01:42]

Judge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down[00:01:44]

Just like a cannon shot[00:01:47]

And I went away quietly[00:01:49]

And I began to file and plot[00:01:51]

Well they sent the preacher down to my cell[00:01:54]

He said the Lord is your only hope[00:01:56]

He's the only friend that you gonna have[00:01:58]

When you hit the end of Parker's rope[00:02:01]

Well I guess he coulda' kept on preachin' 'till Christmas[00:02:03]

But he turned his back on me[00:02:06]

I put a home made blade to that golden throat[00:02:08]

And asked the deputy for the key[00:02:10]

Well it ain't the first close call I ever had[00:02:32]

I'm sure you already know[00:02:34]

I had some help from you Lord and the devil himself[00:02:36]

It's been strictly touch and go[00:02:39]

Yeah but who in the hell am I talkin' to[00:02:41]

There ain't no one here but me[00:02:44]

Then he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt[00:02:46]

And he walked out in the street[00:02:49]