I saw her standin' on her front lawn
From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska
I can't say that I'm sorry
Now the jury brought in a guilty verdict
Sheriff, when the man pulls that switch, sir
They declared me unfit to live
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just a-twirlin' her baton
me and her went for a ride, sir
and ten innocent people died
with a sawed-off .410 on my lap
through the badlands of Wyoming
I killed everything in my path
for the things that we done
at least for a little while, sir
me and her, we had us some fun
and the judge he sentenced me to death
midnight in a prison storeroom
with leather straps across my chest
and snaps my poor neck back
you make sure my pretty baby
is sittin' right there on my lap
said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
you wanna know why I did what I did?
Sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
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