Hang Your Head Down Low

Write me a letter, baby, send it by the mail

I'm in the care of the Fort Worth jail

I was out movin' on a blood moon night

12 just hit me with them flashin' lights

Come on, babe

Hang your head down low

Well, I'm on my way to heaven

Just please let me go

Late in the evenin' when that train rolls by

Right out the window, I can hear it cry

Engineer highballin' all through the night

Ol' Texas Eagle on that Mopac line

Come on, babe

Hang your head down low

Well, I'm on my way to heaven

Just please let me go

I hear the sirens howlin' in my mind

And I see it every time I close my eyes

My heart is beatin' like a timpani drum

I'm thinkin' to myself, "Lord, what have I done?"

Come on, babe

Hang your head down low

Well, I'm on my way to heaven

Just please let me go

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Tell my mama that I ain't comin' home

Get that public defendant on the telephone

Take out the money from that old shoebox

You'll find the key behind the cuckoo clock

Come on, babe

Hang your head down low

Well, I'm on my way to heaven

Judge, please let me go

Go on, boy