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I’m on the thirteenth step of the gallows with not a single fear in my heart For when my body hangs lifeless My soul will then depart I’m not sure where I’m headed But it’s got to be a better place than this There’s no one here that I care about There’s nobody here that I’ll miss My life’s known nothing but misery From the first moment of my birth My momma died trying to get me here And to my daddy I had no worth There’s no time for crying When you’re born in the middle of a war Now the act of surviving Is something I didn’t want to do any more It could be I’m headed to heaven with it’s majestic streets of gold Or to Satan’s hell below me where he’ll be waiting for me I’m told Either way I depart a happy man Either place will be better than this There’s nothing here that I care about Nobody here that I’ll miss People all made their judgements from the outside looking in Never seeing what the truth is Just declaring my actions sin All I’ve done is tried to stay alive And find a warm place to sleep at night I don’t know what they’re talking about When they preach of wrong and right All my life I’ve been a wanderer Never known the joy of a kiss No there’s nothing here that I care about Nobody here that I’ll miss So go ahead now Mr. Hangman Let’s get on with what you do in this place I’ll be the first man ever You’ll hang with a smile on his face Because no matter where I’m headed It’ll be a better place than this No there ain’t nothing here that I cling to There’s nobody here that I’ll miss
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