Key: A minor•
Verse 1
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a desperate man
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He bangs the bar and he turns his head
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and he goes to the can
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He decides that he
must have a woman tonight
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He ain't in no mood to talk
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and he's too drunk to fight
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The one in the corner, the way she looks,
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he can hardly believe
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He's trying to find where
her dress unhooks
she's pulling away
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he's making her pay
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You've been a bad boy, Jimmy
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She was asking for it, Mama
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Mama, what am I supposed to
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do?
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Three months later,
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the judge just said he's an innocent man
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He bangs his gavel and turns his head
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and he goes to the can
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She must be that kind of girl,
it was that kind of place
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If she'd have wanted it stopped,
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it didn't mark up her face
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You ain't a bad boy, Jimmy
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Judge, I wanna shake your hand
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Well, I swear it won't happen again
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Jimmy was buried pretty close to his home
hurtin' a woman
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They sent her down to Parchman for 16 years
It gave the old men a laugh
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Jimmy? Maybe not
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Oh, it don't matter to me
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Well, he's dead, let's let him be
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Outro 1
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