《Tom Ames’ Prayer》歌词

[00:00:04] Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end

[00:00:09] Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such

[00:00:11] By the time that he was ten

[00:00:14] And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill

[00:00:16] And he tucked it in his hand

[00:00:18] He said I can tell you're headed for trouble son

[00:00:21] And your momma wouldn't understand

[00:00:23] So he took that money and his brothers old bay

[00:00:26] And he left without a word of thanks

[00:00:28] Fell in with a crowd in some border town

[00:00:31] And took to robbin' banks

[00:00:46] Outside the law your luck will run out fast

[00:00:49] And a few years came and went

[00:00:51] 'Till he's trapped in an alley in Abilene

[00:00:53] With all but four shells spent

[00:00:56] And he realized prayin' was the only thing

[00:00:58] That he hadn't ever tried

[00:01:00] Well he wasn't sure he knew quite how

[00:01:03] But he looked up to the sky

[00:01:05] Said you don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know

[00:01:07] Lord don't owe nothin' to you

[00:01:10] And I ain't askin' for a miracle Lord

[00:01:12] Just a little bit of luck will do

[00:01:14] And you know I ain't never prayed before

[00:01:17] But it always seemed to me

[00:01:20] If prayin' is the same as beggin' Lord

[00:01:22] I don't take no charity

[00:01:35] Yeah but right now Lord with my back to the wall

[00:01:37] Can't help but recall

[00:01:39] How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse

[00:01:42] In Fort Smith Arkansas

[00:01:44] Judge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down

[00:01:47] Just like a cannon shot

[00:01:49] And I went away quietly

[00:01:51] And I began to file and plot

[00:01:54] Well they sent the preacher down to my cell

[00:01:56] He said the Lord is your only hope

[00:01:58] He's the only friend that you gonna have

[00:02:01] When you hit the end of Parker's rope

[00:02:03] Well I guess he coulda' kept on preachin' 'till Christmas

[00:02:06] But he turned his back on me

[00:02:08] I put a home made blade to that golden throat

[00:02:10] And asked the deputy for the key

[00:02:32] Well it ain't the first close call I ever had

[00:02:34] I'm sure you already know

[00:02:36] I had some help from you Lord and the devil himself

[00:02:39] It's been strictly touch and go

[00:02:41] Yeah but who in the hell am I talkin' to

[00:02:44] There ain't no one here but me

[00:02:46] Then he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt

[00:02:49] And he walked out in the street