《Billy Austin》歌词

[00:00:00] Billy Austin (live) - Steve Earle & The Dukes

[00:00:57] My name is Billy Austin

[00:01:04] I'm twenty-nine years old

[00:01:09] I was born in Oklahoma

[00:01:16] Quarter Cherokee I'm told

[00:01:24] Don't remember Oklahoma

[00:01:29] It's been so long since I left home

[00:01:35] Seems like I've always been in prison

[00:01:42] Like I've always been alone

[00:01:52] Didn't mean to hurt nobody

[00:01:56] Never thought I'd cross that line

[00:02:03] I held up a filling station

[00:02:10] Like I'd done a hundred times

[00:02:19] The kid done like I told him

[00:02:23] He lay face down on the floor

[00:02:30] Guess I'll never know what made me

[00:02:36] Turn and walk back through that door

[00:02:44] The shot rang out like thunder

[00:02:50] My ears rang like a bell

[00:02:59] No one came runnin'

[00:03:04] And so I called the cops myself

[00:03:13] Took their time to get there

[00:03:17] So I guess I could run

[00:03:24] And I should be feeling something

[00:03:31] But I never shed tear one

[00:03:41] And I didn't even make the papers

[00:03:45] 'Cause I only killed one man

[00:03:51] But my trial was over quickly

[00:03:58] And then the long hard wait began

[00:04:08] Court appointed lawyer

[00:04:12] Couldn't look me in the eye

[00:04:18] He just stood up and closed his briefcase

[00:04:25] When they sentenced me to die

[00:04:35] And now my waitin's over

[00:04:40] As the final hour drags by

[00:04:49] I ain't about to tell you

[00:04:53] That I don't deserve to die

[00:05:02] There's twenty-seven men here

[00:05:07] Mostly black and brown and poor

[00:05:14] And most of 'em are guilty

[00:05:21] And who are you to say for sure

[00:05:28] So when the preacher comes to get me

[00:05:36] And they shave off all my hair

[00:05:43] Could you take that long walk with me

[00:05:50] Knowing Hell's waitin' there

[00:05:59] Could you pull that switch yourself sir

[00:06:05] With a sure and steady hand

[00:06:15] Could you still tell youself sir

[00:06:19] That you're better than I am

[00:06:29] My name is Billy Austin

[00:06:35] I'm twenty-nine years old

[00:06:42] I was born in Oklahoma

[00:06:49] Quarter Cherokee I'm told