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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 tabs 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 came out and I heard a scream beside me in the dark |
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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 the criminal court I was up on murder one |
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=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 |
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This terrible dream |
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=CHORUS= |
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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 ran 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 |
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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 guess if I die tomorrow I'd still got a life to go |
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=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 |
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This terrible dream |
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=CHORUS= |
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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 |
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=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 |
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This terrible dream |
