Key: G
Introduction:
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I came through the fence in ?93
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And I know that they are after me today
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I believe this is the land for me
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Of hope, and grace, and liberty
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Oh, my grandfather, he told me
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Son, you?ll never have to run anymore
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Oh, but I broke the law
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Which I will surely die for
But, now
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I am on my way
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I have to leave today,
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Tell my wife and boy that I love them
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I gave my son to America
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God, I pray they treat him well
Intro
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Well, my daddy left when I was five,
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I do not know if he?s alive at all
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And, it?s hard with just my mom and me
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But I work to feed my family
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And, I work hard to keep my bitter pay
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That the rich man comes and takes away
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So, I killed him in the dead of night
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With my father?s gun
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I took his life away
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I took his life away
Now, I say
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I was on my way
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I have to leave today
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Tell my mom and sister that I love them
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I am on the run
From America
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God, I pray they don?t catch me
Intro
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Now, I sit here in this dirty cell
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The jailer comes to give me hell
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They have caught me and my racist mind
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I?ll surely pay for what I?ve done
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But, then I look up and I see
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This old man staring at me
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He tells me I remind him of someone
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His own boy he left at the age of 5
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That probably thought his daddy died
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And, how he wished he could tell him
Outro
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He would say
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I was on my way, had to leave that day
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Tell my wife and boy that I love them
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I gave my love to America
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God I pray they treat him well,
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Oh, god I pray they treat well
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God, I pray they treat him well.