[Verse 1] In the morning light I see the town assemble Justice will be served and that we all know well My bodys weak and my hands begin to tremble As they grip the cold steel bars of the Johnstone County Jail [Interlude] [Verse 2] I hang my head, I cant escape my crime My bloody hands have sealed my dreadful fate For Lillies death I climb the gallows high Im the man that took that poor girls life And for my sins Ill pay [Verse 3] A lovers rage had sought poor Lillies life One hundred dollars placed upon her head I bore the vengeance of her lovers wife I met Lillie on the mountain side And there I shot her dead [Interlude] [Verse 4] Almighty God, have mercy on my soul For today Ill pay the wages of my sins Like the dying thief please can you make me whole? That my poor children they might see Their daddy once again
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