文本歌词

Badman Ballad - Cisco Houston
Early one evening I was rolling around
I was feeling kind of mean
I shot a deputy down
Strolled along home
And I went to bed
I laid me pistol up under my head
He strolled on home
I took my time
And he went to bed
Thought I'd sleep some
Laid his pistol
Big forty-four
Up under his head
I keep it handy
Early in the morning at the break of day
I figured it was time to make a getaway
I was stepping right along
But I was stepping too slow
Got surrounded by a sheriff down in Mexico
He was stepping right along
I was hot-footing it
But he was stepping too slow
A hot day
Got surrounded by a sheriff
Boxed in
In Mexico
I didn't even have a chance to see the country
When I was arrested
I didn't have a dime
The sheriff said
Son you're riding free this time
Where you're going you won't need a cent
'Cause the great state of
Texas gonna pay your rent
'Cause where you're going
I think he means jail
You won't need a cent
Well he knows I'm broke
'Cause the great state of Texas
Um-hmmm
Is gonna pay your rent
I'm mighty grateful
Well I didn't have a key and
I didn't have a file
Naturally
I stayed around until my trial
The judge was an old man ninety-three
And I didn't like the way the jury looked at me
The judge was an old man
Too old
Ninety-three
Entirely too old
I didn't like the way the jury looked at me
I think they were suspicious
The judge and the jury they did agree
They all said murder in the first degree
The judge said
I don't know whether to hang you or not
But this here killing of deputy
Sheriffs has just naturally got to stop
You've got a point there judge
It was a most unsatisfactory trial
They gave me ninety-nine years on the hard rock pile
Ninety and nine on the hard rock ground
All I ever did was shoot a deputy down
Ninety and nine
It could have been life
On the hard rock ground
They might-a hung me
And all he ever did
Was shoot a deputy down
This whole thing has sure been a lesson to me