ernest stoneman - Kenney Wagner s Surrender

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:21.08]I'm sure you've heard my story [00:23.71]From the Kenny Wagner song [00:26.30]How down in Mississippi [00:28.79]I took the road that's wrong [00:32.18]It was down in Mississippi [00:34.78]Where I murdered my first man [00:37.21]When the sheriff there at Leakesville [00:39.70]For justice took his stand [00:43.22]Then I went from Mississippi [00:45.50]To the state of Tennessee [00:47.95]Two men went down before me [00:50.29]As I took my liberty [00:53.87]I wandered to the country [00:56.40]I never could find rest [00:58.78]'Til I went to Texarkana [01:01.21]Away out in the west [01:04.69]Again I started drinking [01:07.18]And again I pulled my gun [01:09.51]And within a single moment [01:11.95]The deadly work was done [01:15.27]The sheriff was a woman [01:17.93]But she got the drop on me [01:20.27]I quit the game and surrendered [01:22.65]Gave up my liberty [01:36.37]I'm now in Mississippi [01:38.83]And I soon shall know my fate [01:41.29]I'm waiting for my trial [01:43.60]But I do not dread my fate [01:45.82]For still the sun is shining [01:48.59]And the sky is blue and fair [01:50.95]But my heart is not repining [01:53.37]For I do not fear the chair [01:56.77]I've had my worldly pleasures [01:59.21]I've faced a many a man [02:01.64]But it was down in Texarkana [02:04.11]Where a woman called my hand [02:07.44]Young men young men take warning [02:09.93]Oh take my last advice [02:12.31]If you start the game in life wrong [02:14.75]You must surely pay the price