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The Prison Bluegrass Song

Well I was drunk the day I got out of prison I staggered down to the old corner store As I walked in I drew my pistol And I shot the clerk as I walked out the door Well I made off with forty five dollars A pack of Marlboro reds and a fifth of whiskey I ran down by the edge of town And thats where the sheriff found me and shot me down They picked me up and drove me to the hospital Patched my wounds and through me back in jail Now Ill set here another thirty five years And when I get out Ill be old as hell

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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