My dear Helen it's been a while
Charlie and I haven't been
He's slowing down a little
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Open in app and my knee's acting up
Yeah we're quite a pair of geezers
moving slower than molasses
You'd be laughing if you saw us,
you always loved to tease
I dug up an old bottle of
So I'm slouched out on the porch
swing just taking my time
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Open in app out these pictures of you
You were dancing in the kitchen
and I was enjoying my view
Oh Charlie was squirming just
That you'd be waiting at the gates
so you could sneak me in?
Well it sure was funny but it
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Open in app still caught in my throat
And when I think about it now,
And I wonder if those gates
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Open in app would ever open up for me
I do have something to tell
I don't know how to start
See, these nights have been hot,
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Open in app it's that muggy sort of air
Doesn't let me get to sleep
so I usually just lie there
On top of my quilt with Charlie by my feet
Last night as I laid there
I was sat up in my bed by
I thought 'That fox is back again,
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Open in app he's gonna rob me blind
I don't know how he gets in
but I'd better make him fly'
So I took my leaning rifle out the door
I fired off a shot aiming far into the heat
And as soon as it was flying I
I heard shoes turning gravel
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Open in app and then tires spitting rocks
I heard a gasp for air and
Charlie started whining with his
We wandered out slow but my
I couldn't hear nothing and there
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Open in app was a girl lying twisted
My hands were trembling and
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Open in app I felt that she was limp
Her pulse wasn't tapping so
I felt sick to my stomach
Charlie was frozen, so I went for a shovel
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Open in app I didn't know what else to do
If I'd only aimed a little higher
If I'd only thought before I fired
I hope God can forgive me,
I hope for you to forgive me too
So here I am slouched on this
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Open in app old porch swing
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Open in app thinking about everything
So be waiting by those gates,
you might need to sneak me in
I don't know how they feel
about us accidental killers
I don't know how they feel
I don't know how they feel about us tired
I don't know how they feel
about us tired old murdering men
