I Shot A Man In Tennessee

The Circuit Judge is after me 'cos I killed a man in Tennessee
but the County Sheriff set me free as I laced his lime with ecstasy
and we built a bridge for all to climb, brick by brick with speeding fines
but the Circuit Judge got wind of this and he shot the Sheriff in his ribs
and blamed the crime on the first man he'd see in Tennessee
that man was me

Now the Circuit Judge was a man of means, no stranger to the cocaine leaf,
the bordello, and the orphanage, where he kept his secrets locked and hid
well I heard this tale in a downtown bar from a guy named Chuck, another Judges child
We hatched a plan to expose the truth about the Circuit Judge and his all round abuse
but the wanted poster said of me that I shot a man in Tennessee

But the Circuit Judge did not fold as planned,
he thought he had the aces in the palm of his hand
not to mention the Jury who were bought outright
by an ass licking Lawyer in the middle of the night
so the trial was staged and I was guilty found,
sentenced to breaking rocks from the ground
I could not take this style of life, so I took my life with a 45
and the hillside tombstone said of me that I shot a man
yeah the hillside tombstone said of me that I shot a man
yeah it's a tale of irony 'cos I shot a man
and that man was me

(© Sputnik Weazel ...from "Tin Foil Holidays" - CD 2007)

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This was written on heavy medication during a 3 month long 'cluster headache' spell, it was real at the time ... mmmm!!! ??