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It was late one night in the heart of town I was drinking all alone
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Ran out of cash when I paid my tab so I headed home
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The night was black, the air was thick as I wandered passed a barn
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Then a shot rang out and I heard a scream beside me in the dark

[Verse 2]
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Afraid that maybe I’d be next I started to run
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Just as fast as my feet would go into the barrel of a gun
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The lawman’s light was blinding me he said why’d you do it son
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Two weeks later in a criminal court I was up on murder one

[CHORUS]
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Maybe some early morning in a pasture of green
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Beside the still water I’ll awake from this dream- This terrible dream

[Verse 3]
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Well I sat there in the courtroom as the tears ran down my face
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A guilty man is free somewhere and they put me in his place
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The jury read the verdict and the judge called out my name
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He said young man you’ll spend your life wearing the ball and chain

[Verse 4]
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Now I’m staring at the ceiling as I lay here on my bed
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Fourteen long and lonely years it’s where I laid my head
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Behind these cold gray prison walls time sure passes slow
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And I unless I die tomorrow I’ve still got life to go

[CHORUS]
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Maybe some early morning in a pasture of green
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Beside the still water I’ll awake from this dream- This terrible dream

[Verse 5]
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A man who’s lost his vision will live and die alone
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In the cold walls of this prison my heart has turned to stone
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The lights are growing dimmer as I take my final breath
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I can smell the air of freedom as I close my eyes in death

[CHORUS]
F                C      G                Dm
Maybe some early morning in a pasture of green
F                C    G                     Dm
Beside the still water I’ll awake from this dream- This terrible dream