The Human Family Band - 'The Death of Jessie McPherson' (alt version)

BY THE TIME HIS BACK HIT SUNDOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE
TWO PEOPLE LAY DEAD IN A BLOOD SOAKED BED THERE’S A POSSIE ON HIS BEHIND
TRYING TO MAKE A BORDER WAY PAST SANTA FAY
HE GOT CAUGHT BY THE LAW AND BY HIS JUDGEMENT DAY
DIE JESSIE DIE, JESSIE DIE QUICK JESS McPHERSON HOW DID IT COME TO THIS.

TOOK A LOT TO DRINKING WAS BITTER DEEP INSIDE
PEGGY SAID HE WAS DEAD LONG BEFORE SHE DIED
HE FOUND HER WITH ANOTHER SHOT THEM FROM ABOVE
WITH A PARTING BREATH ALL SHE SAID WAS ‘I ONLY WANTED LOVE’
DIE JESSIE DIE, JESSIE DIE QUICK JESSIE McPHERSON HOW DID IT COME TO THIS.

ALWAYS WAS AN OUTLAW ALWAYS WORE A GUN
NEVER HAD NO DADDY LEARN’T EARLY HOW TO RUN
NEVER TOOK GOOD LOVING NO NEVER PLAYED THAT GAME
ALWAYS WAS A STRANGER ALWAYS JUMPED FRIEGHT TRAINS

NOW HE’S HANGING IN THE GALLOWS FELL RIGHT THROUGH THE FLOOR
SURE HE’S TO BLAME FOR ALL THE PAIN BUT HELL THERE’S SO MUCH MORE
SOME SAY I’VE MY MOTHERS EYES TO MOST I’M A DEVIL CHILD
I WEAR THIER NAME AS A BADGE OF SHAME LORD KNOWS HOW I SURVIVE
DIE JESSIE DIE, JESSIE DIE QUICK JESS McPHERSON HOW CAN I LIVE WITH THIS