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I didn't mean to end his life, |
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I know it wasn't right |
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I can't even sleep at night, |
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Can't get it off my mind |
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I need to get out of sight, |
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Before I end up behind, bars |
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What started out as a simple altercation, |
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Turned into a real sticky situation, |
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Me just thinking all the time that im facing, |
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Makes me wanna cry |
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Cause I didn't mean to hurt him, |
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Could've been somebody's son |
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And I took his heart when, |
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I pulled out that gun |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Man Down |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Man Down |
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Oh mama mama mama |
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I just shot a man down |
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In central station |
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In front of a big old crowd |
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Oh Why, Oh Why |
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Oh mama mama mama |
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I just shot a man down |
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In central station |
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It's a 22, |
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I Call her peggy sue |
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When she fits right down in my shoes, |
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What do you expect me to do |
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If you're playing me for a fool, |
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I will lose my pool, |
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And reach for my fire arm. |
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I didn't mean to lay him down |
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But its too late to turn back now, |
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Don't know what I was thinking |
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Now he's no longer living, |
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So i'm 'bout to leave town |
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yeah, |
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Cause I didn't mean to hurt him |
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Could've been somebody's son |
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And I took his heart when |
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I pulled up that gun |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Man Down |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Man Down |
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Oh mama mama mama, |
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I just shot a man down |
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In central station, |
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In front of a big old crowd |
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Oh Why, Oh Why |
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Oh mama mama mama |
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I just shot a man down, |
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In central station |
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Look I never thought i'd do it, |
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Never thought i'd do it, |
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Never thought i'd do it, |
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Oh gosh |
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What ever happened to me, |
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Ever happened to me, |
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Ever happened to me, |
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Why did I pull the trigger, |
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Pull the trigger, pull the trigger, BOOM |
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And end a [...] end a [...] life so soon, |
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When I pull the trigger, pull the trigger, pull it on you |
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Somebody tell me what i'm gonna what i'm gonna do, |
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eh! |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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They say one man down |
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(Ah whe me say) |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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Rum bum bum bum |
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And I ran downtown |
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Cause now i'm criminal, criminal, criminal, |
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Oh lord i'm mercy now I am a criminal, |
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Man Down |
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Tell the judge please give me minimal, |
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Run out of town, |
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None of them can see me now, see me now |
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Oh mama mama mama, |
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I just shot a man down |
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In central station, |
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In front of a big old crowd |
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Oh Why, Oh Why |
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Oh mama mama mama |
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I just shot a man down, |
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In central station |
