Hands wrapped around these steel bars This cold cell chills my bones The days grow longer every hour As I sit here all alone The next town over A deal went wrong That's how I came to be Now every shadow On these prison walls Comes walking back to me I hear the boots Outside my door Every step Sounds louder than before They're bringing me down that gallows road tonight One last walk beneath the pale moonlight Judge me now if you believe I'm wrong But only God knows where I belong They're bringing me down that gallows road tonight Guns were drawn Triggers pulled Smoke rolled through the square When a man fell Face to the dust Silence filled the air I was standing When it all was done With a pistol in my hand I shot a man In self defense Still no one understands One unfaithful lie Destroyed my world One moment's rage Changed everything They're bringing me down that gallows road tonight The preacher says I'll see the light If I had turned And walked away Would things be different here today? They're bringing me down that gallows road tonight Tell my mother Not to cry Tell my father That I tried Tell the wind To speak my name When these hills Remember me They're bringing me down that gallows road tonight One last prayer Before first light The rope may claim This weary soul But it can't take The truth I know They're bringing me down that gallows road tonight The cell door opens... Chains begin to rattle... The sun is rising... And every step... Brings me closer... Down that gallows road...
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