The Ballad Of A Law Abiding Sophisticate Cifras

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, marry me
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To a rope and a tree
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What that ol' judge called first degree
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And all the folks around town
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Swore to lay me in the ground
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When they found out I'd put that poor boy down
 
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[Verse 2]
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You see, I did not much care
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For the way that he'd sit and glare
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So I closed his eyes for good with a bar-room chair
 
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[Verse 3]
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So, go and lay my poor bones
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Past Appalachian stone
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Far beneath that cold ground all alone
 
[Verse 4]
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Oh, but if you're asking me
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Where I would rather be
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It was worth it to see that boy cut from the knees
 
[Outro]
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