I

saw

her

stan-

ding

on

her

front

lawn

Just

twir-

ling

her

ba-

ton

Me

and

her

went

for

a

ri-

de,

sir,

And

ten

in-

no-

cent

peo-

ple

di-

ed

From

the

town

of

Lin-

coln,

Neb-

ras-

ka,

With

a

sawed-

off

4-

10

on

my

lap

Through

to

the

bad-

lands

of

Wy-

o-

ming

I

killed

eve-

ry-

thing

in

my

path

I

can't

sa-

y

that

I'm

sor-

ry

For

the

things

that

we

do-

ne

At

least

for

a

lit-

tle

whi-

le,

sir,

Me

and

her

we

had

us

some

fun

Now,

the

ju-

ry

brought

in

a

guil-

ty

ver-

dict,

And

the

judge

he

sen-

tenced

me

to

de-

ath

Mid-

night

in

a

pri-

son

sto-

re--

room

with

lea-

ther

straps

ac-

ross

my

chest

She-

riff,

when

the

man

pulls

that

switch,

sir,

And

snaps

my

poor

head

back

You

make

su-

re

my

pret-

ty

ba-

by

Is

sit-

tin'

right

there

on

my

lap

They

dec-

lared

me

un-

fit

to

live,

Said

in-

to

that

gre-

at

void

my

soul'd

be

hur-

led

They

wan-

ted

to

kno-

w

why

I

did

what

I

did

Well,

sir,

I

guess

there's

just

a

mean-

ness

in

this

world