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Eyes Of Death
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Hank Williams Jr.
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They sent me to this prison for a crime I did outside
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I killed a man and didn't hang but I might as well have died
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For every minute that I live I know that death may call
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You see his brother's here with me right inside these walls
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And I don't even know his face but I'm sure that he knows mine
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The eyes of death are watchin' me just bidin' his time (oh Lord he takes his time)
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Each night they slam my lonely cell and turn the lights down low
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And I can't close my eyes to sleep because somewhere I know
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He's planning how he'll drive the knife into my poundin' heart
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And Lord this just not knowing when will tear a man apart
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He's just a number not a name and you'll get me from behind
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The eyes of death are watchin' me just bidin' his time (oh Lord he takes his time)
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Sometimes I think I'll try to walk and face the deadly guns
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I'd either die or I'd be free to leave this place and run
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This man he swore to make me pay but he'd rather see me cry
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So he'll just play around with me while I wait to die
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No prison ever held the man with a sentence just like mine
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The eyes of death are watchin' me just bidin' his time (oh Lord he takes his time)
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He's bidin' his time (oh Lord he takes his time) he's just bidin' his time
Hank Williams, Jr. - "A Country Boy Can ...
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