Bill Longley

	  		 
 
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CIVIL WAR HAD LEFT YOU TO OLD TO BE 15 
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ROBBED YOU OF YOUR CHRISTIAN SOUL AND LEFT YOU DOWN RIGHT MEAN 
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YANKEE CARPETBAGGER SHOULDN'T A CUSSED YOUR PA 
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WELL, THE BUSINESS END OF A REBEL GUN WAS THE LAST THING HE EVER SAW. 
 

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THERE'S AN EVIL WIND A BLOWING ACROSS A MIDNIGHT OH SO COLD 
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ANOTHER DEAD MANS MOTHERS CRYIN FOR A SON WHO WON'T COME HOME 
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THE ONLY KIND OF LAW OUT HERE IS A TOOTH, FANG & CLAW 
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YEA, YOU NEVER TRUST NOBODY AND PUSH THE WEAKEST TO THE WALL
 
 
YOU RODE STRAIGHT TO TEXAS WITH THE DEVIL BY YOUR SIDE 
THE INSURRECTION OF YOUR SOUL, COST 32 MEN THEIR LIVES 
SAID YOUR FAVORITE WAY OF DYIN, WAS SWINGING BY A ROPE 
WELL IT DID NOT MATTER ALL THAT MUCH, TELL THE DEVIL i'M HARD TO CHOKE 
 
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AT THE AGE OF 27, MAN WE FINALLY GOT YOU HUNG 
IN THE END YOU'D BEG FORGIVENESS, FOR THE DAMAGE THAT YOU DONE 
IN THAT JAIL CELL DOWN IN GIDDINGS, ON THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU'D DIE 
SAID JAILER, PULL THAT ROPE REAL TIGHT, IN THE MORNIN FOR HELL I RIDE 
 
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