[00:00.00] 作词 : Earle
[00:20.82]My name is billy austin
[00:25.14]I'm twenty-nine years old
[00:30.57]I was born in oklahoma
[00:34.98]Quarter cherokee i'm told
[00:45.42]Don't remember oklahoma
[00:49.05]Been so long since i left home
[00:53.46]Seems like i've always been in prison
[01:00.09]Like i've always been alone
[01:11.16]Didn't mean to hurt nobody
[01:15.18]Never thought i'd cross that line
[01:24.54]I held up a filling station
[01:25.86]Like i'd done a hundred times
[01:36.90]The kid done like i told him
[01:44.85]He lay face down on the floor
[01:49.23]Guess i'll never know what made me
[01:56.73]Turn and walk back through that door
[02:04.56]The shot rang out like thunder
[02:10.65]My ears rang like a bell
[02:17.19]No one came runnin'
[02:21.51]So i called the cops myself
[02:30.66]Took their time to get there
[02:36.06]And i guess i could'a run
[02:39.57]I knew i should be feeling something
[02:51.09]But i never shed tear one
[02:57.42]I didn't even make the papers
[03:01.89]'cause i only killed one man
[03:08.55]But my trial was over quickly
[03:17.43]And then the long hard wait began
[03:24.57]Court appointed lawyer
[03:28.56]Couldn't look me in the eye
[03:34.92]He just stood up and closed his briefcase
[03:55.59]When they sentenced me to die
[03:58.26]Now my waitin's over
[03:58.68]As the final hour drags by
[04:04.68]I ain't about to tell you
[04:07.14]That i don't deserve to die
[04:17.85]But there's twenty-seven men here
[04:25.56]Mostly black, brown and poor
[04:27.24]Most of em are guilty
[04:38.94]Who are you to say for sure?
[04:45.42]So when the preacher comes to get me
[04:47.16]And they shave off all my hair
[04:58.86]Could you take that long walk with me
[05:05.67]Knowing hell is waitin' there
[05:12.12]Could you pull that switch yourself sir
[05:19.80]With a sure and steady hand
[05:27.45]Could you still tell youself
[05:28.50]That you're better than i am
[05:39.75]My name is billy austin
[05:45.18]I'm twenty-nine years old
[05:51.09]I was born in oklahoma
[05:51.99]Quarter cherokee i'm told