Earle Steve - Tom Ames' Prayer - Sözleri

Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end 


Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such 


by the time that he was ten 


And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill 


and he tucked it in his hand 


He said I can tell you're headed for trouble son 


and your momma wouldn't understand 





So he took that money and his brothers old bay 


and he left without a word of thanks 


Fell in with a crowd in some border town 


and took to robbin' banks 





Outside the law your luck will run out fast 


and a few years came and went 


'Till he's trapped in an alley in Abilene 


with all but four shells spent 





And he realized prayin' was the only thing 


that he hadn't ever tried 


Well he wasn't sure he knew quite how 


but he looked up to the sky 





Said you don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know 


Lord don't owe nothin' to you 


And I ain't askin' for a miracle Lord 


just a little bit of luck will do 





And you know I ain't never prayed before 


but it always seemed to me 


If prayin' is the same as beggin' Lord 


I don't take no charity 





Yeah but right now Lord with my back to the wall 


Can't help but recall 


How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse 


in Fort Smith Arkansas 





Judge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down 


just like a cannon shot 


And I went away quietly 


and I began to file and plot 





Well they sent the preacher down to my cell 


He said the Lord is your only hope 


He's the only friend that you gonna have 


When you hit the end of Parker's rope 





Well I guess he coulda' kept on preachin' 'till Christmas 


but he turned his back on me 


I put a home made blade to that golden throat 


and asked the deputy for the key 





Well it ain't the first close call I ever had 


I'm sure you already know 


I had some help from you Lord and the devil himself 


It's been strictly touch and go 





Yeah but who in the hell am I talkin' to 


there ain't no one here but me 


Then he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt 


and he walked out in the street














		
			



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