Hangman Jake
The sun was just peekin' over the horizon
As I stood there on that platform high
Sheriff's got the noose around my neck
Eyes full of hate and spite
I looked out at all them folks
Who came to see me swing
Folk I wronged, folk I robbed blind
A long list of sins!
But before they kick away that stool
And let gravity do its job
I thought I'd give 'em one last song
While breath still fills these lungs
Hangman Jake
Dancin' with death in this final act... ain't nothin' like it!
First off lemme say sorry
To Mama for bein' such a bad seed
Runnin' wild since puberty when
She caught me fucking her best friend
Sheila, in our bed sheets!
Then later robbin banks and trains
Leavin bodies strewn across prairies
Like tumbleweeds roll by
Hell, even killed my own brother
Cuz he owed money from poker game night gone awry!
But most shameful sin is what happened
With Jenny down at whorehouse late one eve
Got drunk and beat her up real good then
Forced myself inside
Roughly between thighs
Never ask if she wanted
Or gave consent freely!
So as I swing here now at dawn's first light
Blood rushin' to head
I confess my sins aloud for all y'all to hear!
No redemption or heaven waitin' for me
Just Hellfire and damnation! Can't you see
But before it takes me let this Hangman song
Be the final tune played on my life's stage!
*Thud of stool kicked away followed by snap
Of neck breaking with a sickening crack*
Hangman
Dancin' with death in this final act... ain't nothin' like it!
The sun was just peekin' over the horizon
As I stood there on that platform high
Sheriff's got the noose around my neck
Eyes full of hate and spite
He kicked the stool away
Followed by snap
Of neck breaking with a sickening crack*
As I stood there on that platform high
Sheriff's got the noose around my neck
Eyes full of hate and spite
I looked out at all them folks
Who came to see me swing
Folk I wronged, folk I robbed blind
A long list of sins!
But before they kick away that stool
And let gravity do its job
I thought I'd give 'em one last song
While breath still fills these lungs
Hangman Jake
Dancin' with death in this final act... ain't nothin' like it!
First off lemme say sorry
To Mama for bein' such a bad seed
Runnin' wild since puberty when
She caught me fucking her best friend
Sheila, in our bed sheets!
Then later robbin banks and trains
Leavin bodies strewn across prairies
Like tumbleweeds roll by
Hell, even killed my own brother
Cuz he owed money from poker game night gone awry!
But most shameful sin is what happened
With Jenny down at whorehouse late one eve
Got drunk and beat her up real good then
Forced myself inside
Roughly between thighs
Never ask if she wanted
Or gave consent freely!
So as I swing here now at dawn's first light
Blood rushin' to head
I confess my sins aloud for all y'all to hear!
No redemption or heaven waitin' for me
Just Hellfire and damnation! Can't you see
But before it takes me let this Hangman song
Be the final tune played on my life's stage!
*Thud of stool kicked away followed by snap
Of neck breaking with a sickening crack*
Hangman
Dancin' with death in this final act... ain't nothin' like it!
The sun was just peekin' over the horizon
As I stood there on that platform high
Sheriff's got the noose around my neck
Eyes full of hate and spite
He kicked the stool away
Followed by snap
Of neck breaking with a sickening crack*
Credits
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