I was on a prison train bound through Tennessee An officer, one another man and me But I will slip away from here in the dark of a southern night Or I would hang in Texas come the light All that stands between a gallows death and being free Is the iron ring that holds my shackle key And I ain't never killed a man but I would dig down deep And find the strength to choke him should he sleep I won't face the gallows pole based on lies you'd said That I forced my way unwelcome in your bed You flirted with the jury and they fell for all your charms The same way I fell into those arms You just dropped the pressure cried in the man that you saw flee And that he looked an awful lot like me And I knew my life was over when the judge reached for the helve So I memorized his face with the other twelve Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me Cause you're flirting with the devil And that's one thing you don't need Being brave is easy when there's nothing left to lose And all you need's a spark to light the fuse So I'll wrap my hands around his throat and I'll steal away his breath And I will take new purpose from his death And you can bet your pretty smile before I'm finally through That I'll take everyone you ever knew When all their pleas fall silent, as a debt for all your lies That I'll come dim out the lights in your eyes I'll come dim out the lights in your eyes Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me Cause you were flirting with the devil And that's one thing you don't need