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On a cold dark night not so long ago And wind was blowin', deep cold snow Over at that table, right next to mine There sat my baby just a havin' such a good time A-drinkin' and a-dancin' with my friend Bill It must have been the liquor that made me wanna kill I tapped him on the shoulder, called him outside There in the snow, there is where he died Bought me a ticket, I caught me a train I didn't stay around, I didn't wanna pain Way down in Dallas, a posse stopped the train Then I heard the sheriff callin' my name They brought me back to Memphis, just for a while Soon I'll be walkin' my last mile A judge told me, boy you're gonna swing You won't be around when it turns to spring Oh, what ashame, oh-aaah, ooh Aus Songtexte Mania