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I am far away from home - With neither faaaaaaamily nor friends
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I never meant to stay so long - In the Missouri borderlands
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Three years ago I held a job - Saw the woooooorld from my pony sway
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Riding drag on a dusty mount - I knew I'd worked when I drew my pay
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But times got hard, Christ times got mean - And I fell iiiiiiiin with desperate men
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And one night the worst of them - Laid out what was an awful plan
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I did not like such wicked talk - Of Murder aaaaaaaand bold robbery
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I told those men I would walk - And they all aimed their guns at me
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Their prisoner I helped rob a bank - And much gooooold we did obtain
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They shot a boy just for the sport - I stood and watched his young life wane
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Such dreadful sounds I'd never heard - His mother’s waailing filled the room
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She looked at me and screamed these words - Devil take you to your doom
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I turned to face that murderous crew - Shot ‘em dead. I killed all four
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And the only thing I rue - Had not thought of that before
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The posse found me outside of town - As I was kneeeling there to pray
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From my gallows high I to lay down - In a dark Missouri grave
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Please hide the rope stains around my neck - When my mooother sees me dead
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Please don’t let my brothers take - The faithful path I chose to tread
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Cause I'm far away from home - With neither faaaaamily nor friends
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I never meant to stay so long - In the Missouri borderlands
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And now I'll spend eternity - In the Missouri borderlands
