Missouri Borderlands

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I am far away from home   -     With neither faaaaaaamily nor friends
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I never meant to stay so long   -    In the Missouri borderlands


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Three years ago I held a job   -    Saw the woooooorld from my pony sway
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Riding drag on a dusty mount   -    I knew I'd worked when I drew my pay


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But times got hard, Christ times got mean    -     And I fell iiiiiiiin with desperate men
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And one night the worst of them   -    Laid out what was an awful plan


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I did not like such wicked talk    -      Of Murder aaaaaaaand bold robbery
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I told those men I would walk   -     And they all aimed their guns at me


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Their prisoner I helped rob a bank     -  And much gooooold we did obtain
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They shot a boy just for the sport      -      I stood and watched his young life wane


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Such dreadful sounds I'd never heard     -      His mother’s waailing filled the room
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She looked at me and screamed these words     -      Devil take you to your doom


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I turned to face that murderous crew    -     Shot ‘em dead.   I killed all four
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And the only thing I rue    -      Had not thought of that before


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The posse  found me outside of town    -      As I was kneeeling there to pray
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From my gallows high I to lay down    -       In a dark Missouri grave


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Please hide the rope stains around my neck    -      When my mooother sees me dead
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Please don’t let my brothers take    -      The faithful path I chose to tread
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Cause I'm far away from home    -      With neither faaaaamily nor friends
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I never meant to stay so long     -      In the Missouri borderlands
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And now I'll spend eternity     -       In the Missouri borderlands