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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Your Honor, sir, I'm dying,
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that's the reason that I'm here.
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The cancer's got my body,
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I'll be dead within a year.
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I'll be dead within a year.
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Well, tell me more, good lady,
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don't leave out a single word
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For I'll come to my decision
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from the testimony heard
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From the testimony heard
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My husband passed away
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no more than a year ago
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But every penny that he left me
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to the banker we did owe
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To the banker we did owe
When I first was a -feelin' ill
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They said I'd be okay
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But they'd need to run some tests
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And take a simple x -ray
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Just a simple x -ray
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Again and again they called me for more testing need to run and to ex
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terminate the cancer with a radiation gun, with a radiation gun.
But I never got no better
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as I'm standing here today
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and they left me with this statement
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that I can't afford to pay,
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That I can't afford to pay
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Well, what about your jewelry
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And your lovely house and home
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Could you not have made a sacrifice
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To step down from your throne
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To step down from your throne
Sir, I never had the fancy things
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that you and yours have known
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And we never owned the shackled house
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I used to call my home
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I used to call my home
Well, I'm sorry for your trouble
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And I'm sorry that you're ill
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But it's my duty to uphold the law
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Uphold the law, I will
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Uphold the law, I will
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For your failure to meet the judgment
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Of this court and pay the fee
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I sentenced you to twelve months
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In the penitentiary
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In the penitentiary
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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In this system of justice,
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of opportunity and grief
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It's one thing to make a living,
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another to be a thief
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I'd rather to be a thief
Outro 1
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