| It wasn’t gambling that cause me
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| To kill my friend Peter Blue
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| It wasn’t gambling that cause me
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| To kill my friend Peter Blue
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| If you caught your best friend with your wife
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| You’d do the same thing too
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| When they strapped on the lie detector
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| The needle kept going up and down
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| When they strapped on the lie detector
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| The needle kept going up and down
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| And they knew I were lyin'
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| Since I first sat down
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| So I spoke to my conscious
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| And asked what should I do
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| Yes, I spoke to my conscious
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| And asked what should I do
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| My conscious said shorty
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| I would plead guilty if I were you
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| So I stood up on my feet
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| And raised up my right hand
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| So I stood up on my feet
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| And raised up my right hand
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| I said Judge I’m confessing
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| I shot my woman’s man
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| So the prosecutor asked me
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| Shorty, why did you kill that man?
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| So the prosecutor asked me
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| Shorty, why did you kill that man?
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| I said if you’ve never been in love
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| Then you wouldn’t understand
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| When I signed my confession
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| This is what I wrote
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| When I signed my confession
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| This is what I wrote
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| That I’m throwing myself
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| On the mercy of the court
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| When the jury found me guilty
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| My woman’s eyes were full of tears
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| When the jury found me guilty
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| My woman’s eyes were full of tears
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| The verdict was manslaughter
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| I got from 1 to 20 years
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| Baby, 1 year ain’t no sentence
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| And 20 years ain’t no time
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| Baby, 1 year ain’t no sentence
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| And 20 years ain’t no time
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| And if I pass I’ll see you when I dig my time |