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  • My name is billy austin
  • Im twenty-nine years old
  • I was born in oklahoma
  • Quarter cherokee Im told
  • Dont remember oklahoma
  • Been so long since I left home
  • Seems like Ive always been in prison
  • Like Ive always been alone
  • Didnt mean to hurt nobody
  • Never thought Id cross that line
  • I held up a filling station
  • Like Id done a hundred times
  • The kid done like I told him
  • He lay face down on the floor
  • Guess Ill never know what made me
  • Turn and walk back through that door
  • The shot rang out like thunder
  • My ears rang like a bell
  • No one came runnin
  • So I called the cops myself
  • Took their time to get there
  • And I guess I coulda run
  • I knew I should be feeling something
  • But I never shed tear one
  • I didnt even make the papers
  • cause I only killed one man
  • But my trial was over quickly
  • And then the long hard wait began
  • Court appointed lawyer
  • Couldnt look me in the eye
  • He just stood up and closed his briefcase
  • When they sentenced me to die
  • Now my waitins over
  • As the final hour drags by
  • I aint about to tell you
  • That I dont deserve to die
  • But theres twenty-seven men here
  • Mostly black, brown and poor
  • Most of em are guilty
  • Who are you to say for sure?
  • So when the preacher comes to get me
  • And they shave off all my hair
  • Could you take that long walk with me
  • Knowing hell is waitin there
  • Could you pull that switch yourself sir
  • With a sure and steady hand
  • Could you still tell youself
  • That youre better than I am
  • My name is billy austin
  • Im twenty-nine years old
  • I was born in oklahoma
  • Quarter cherokee Im told

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