Drifter's Escape — аккорды и текст

"Oh, help me in my weakness,"

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I heard the drifter say,

As they carried him from the courtroom

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And were taking him away.

"My trip hasn't been a pleasant one

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And my time it isn't long,

And I still do not know

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What it was that I've done wrong."

Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside,

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A tear came to his eye,

"You fail to understand," he said,

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"Why must you even try?"

Outside, the crowd was stirring,

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You could hear it from the door.

Inside, the judge was stepping down,

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While the jury cried for more.

"Oh, stop that cursed jury,"

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Cried the attendant and the nurse,

"The trial was bad enough,

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But this is ten times worse."

Just then a bolt of lightning

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Struck the courthouse out of shape,

And while ev'rybody knelt to pray

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The drifter did escape.