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I HOPE
I DON'T DIE IN TEXAS
I hope
I don't die in Texas
I'm in a jail cell lying here awaiting my fate
I hope the Governor learns the truth before the time is too late
They
said that I was guilty
Of walking by in the wrong place and in the wrong time
If I was there then I must have been part of the crime
They
let the real killer go and they locked me away
Gave me my sentence, now I'm sitting here counting the days
The Governor thinks he'll decide after seeing the polls
And let the voters all decide if I will ever get old
I hope
I don't die in Texas
The Governor says that the system never gets the wrong man
My lawyer tells me that he's doing everything that he can
They
let the real killer go and they locked me away
Gave me my sentence, now I'm sitting here counting the days
The polls are saying that the crime has got the voters unnerved
They won't rest easy till they have the thought that justice was
served
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Oh,
Oh, I hope I don't die in Texas
I got a home and my family wants to see me again
I should be standing on the corner hanging out with my friends
Instead I'm waiting here in prison wondering how it will end
As
I die in Texas
My lawyer's thinking that he doesn't want to help no more
He should be out there making money not defending the poor
And now he knows just why he never took these cases before
Oh,
Oh, I hope I don't die in Texas
I got a life, you know my family wants to see me again
They let the real killer go and they locked me away
The Governor says someone's dead and someone has to pay
I got my sentence, now I'm sitting here counting the days
I hope
I don't die in Texas (I hope I don't die in Texas)
I hope I don't die in Texas (I hope I don't die in Texas)
I hope I don't die in Texas (I hope I don't die in Texas)
by
Douglas Barry
©Copyright
2000 Douglas R. Barry
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