[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com [00:18.57]My name is billy austin [00:24.72]I'm twenty nine years old [00:30.63]I was born in oklahoma [00:36.54]Quarter cherokee I'm told [00:44.88]Don't remember oklahoma [00:49.17]Been so long since I left home [00:55.41]Seems like I've always been in prison [01:02.19]Like I've always been alone [01:09.96]Didn't mean to hurt nobody [01:15.18]Never thought I'd cross that line [01:21.57]I held up a filling station [01:28.14]Like I'd done a hundred times [01:36.93]The kid done like I told him [01:41.49]He lay face down on the floor [01:48.27]Guess I'll never know what made me [01:54.99]Turn and walk back through that door [02:03.00]The shot rang out like thunder [02:08.75]My ears rang like a bell [02:17.37]No one came runnin' [02:21.48]So I called the cops myself [02:30.69]Took their time to get there [02:35.22]And I guess I could'a run [02:43.32]I knew I should be feeling something [02:48.69]But I never shed tear one [02:57.60]I didn't even make the papers [03:02.07]'Cause I only killed one man [03:08.70]But my trial was over quickly [03:15.33]And then the long hard wait began [03:24.57]Court appointed lawyer [03:28.62]Couldn't look me in the eye [03:35.04]He just stood up and closed his briefcase [03:42.15]When they sentenced me to die [03:49.53]Now my waitin's over [03:55.47]As the final hour drags by [04:04.65]I ain't about to tell you [04:09.06]That I don't deserve to die [04:18.02]But there's twenty seven men here [04:22.68]Mostly black brown and poor [04:31.95]Most of em are guilty [04:36.42]Who are you to say for sure [04:44.49]So when the preacher comes to get me [04:49.98]And they shave off all my hair [04:54.84]Could you take that long walk with me [05:03.39]Knowing hell is waitin' there [05:12.12]Could you pull that switch yourself sir [05:14.91]With a sure and steady hand [05:25.92]Could you still tell youself [05:30.66]That you're better than I am [05:37.35]My name is billy austin [05:44.64]I'm twenty nine years old [05:51.21]I was born in oklahoma [05:57.54]Quarter cherokee I'm told
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[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com[00:18.57]My name is billy austin
[00:24.72]I'm twenty nine years old
[00:30.63]I was born in oklahoma
[00:36.54]Quarter cherokee I'm told
[00:44.88]Don't remember oklahoma
[00:49.17]Been so long since I left home
[00:55.41]Seems like I've always been in prison
[01:02.19]Like I've always been alone
[01:09.96]Didn't mean to hurt nobody
[01:15.18]Never thought I'd cross that line
[01:21.57]I held up a filling station
[01:28.14]Like I'd done a hundred times
[01:36.93]The kid done like I told him
[01:41.49]He lay face down on the floor
[01:48.27]Guess I'll never know what made me
[01:54.99]Turn and walk back through that door
[02:03.00]The shot rang out like thunder
[02:08.75]My ears rang like a bell
[02:17.37]No one came runnin'
[02:21.48]So I called the cops myself
[02:30.69]Took their time to get there
[02:35.22]And I guess I could'a run
[02:43.32]I knew I should be feeling something
[02:48.69]But I never shed tear one
[02:57.60]I didn't even make the papers
[03:02.07]'Cause I only killed one man
[03:08.70]But my trial was over quickly
[03:15.33]And then the long hard wait began
[03:24.57]Court appointed lawyer
[03:28.62]Couldn't look me in the eye
[03:35.04]He just stood up and closed his briefcase
[03:42.15]When they sentenced me to die
[03:49.53]Now my waitin's over
[03:55.47]As the final hour drags by
[04:04.65]I ain't about to tell you
[04:09.06]That I don't deserve to die
[04:18.02]But there's twenty seven men here
[04:22.68]Mostly black brown and poor
[04:31.95]Most of em are guilty
[04:36.42]Who are you to say for sure
[04:44.49]So when the preacher comes to get me
[04:49.98]And they shave off all my hair
[04:54.84]Could you take that long walk with me
[05:03.39]Knowing hell is waitin' there
[05:12.12]Could you pull that switch yourself sir
[05:14.91]With a sure and steady hand
[05:25.92]Could you still tell youself
[05:30.66]That you're better than I am
[05:37.35]My name is billy austin
[05:44.64]I'm twenty nine years old
[05:51.21]I was born in oklahoma
[05:57.54]Quarter cherokee I'm told
