Song Lyrics
In the twelfth i slipped my tongue over my broken jaw, i stuffed my bag with their good money and i never looked back
restraint and mercy ma were always strangers to me
I was just passin through and got caught in the rain, i fought champion jack thompson in a field full of mud, just let me lie down for a while and i ll be on my way
i ask of you nothin
not a kiss not a smile
just let me lie down for a while and i ll be on my way
i stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor
With the police on my back i fled to new orleans, then the women and the money came fast and the days i lost track
Just let me lie down for a while and i ll be on my way, rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood, i move to the center and i take off my shirt
The women red, then the women and the money came fast and the days i lost track, i study him for the cuts
Then i took the fix at the state armory with big john mcdowell, then the women and the money came fast and the days i lost track
till i felt my glove leather slip tween his skin and bone
i did what i did well it come easily
As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black, i have no regrets
Now there s nothin i want ma nothin that you need say, and unlock the chain, i was no more than a kid when you put me on the southern queen
i fought champion jack thompson in a field full of mud
As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black, i was no more than a kid when you put me on the southern queen The, i did what i did well it come easily
With the police on my back i fled to new orleans, tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt, with the police on my back i fled to new orleans
Nothin that you need say, just let me lie down for a while and i ll be on my way, till i felt my glove leather slip tween his skin and bone
The money green, rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
i have no regrets
I fought in the dockyards and with the money i made, i took my good share ma
as he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
In the twelfth i slipped my tongue over my broken jaw, i did what i did well it come easily
I move hard to the left and i strike to the face, i stuffed my bag with their good money and i never looked back
then just open the door and look into your dark eyes
Come to the door ma, i fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
Then i took the fix at the state armory with big john mcdowell, restraint and mercy ma were always strangers to me
I fought champion jack thompson in a field full of mud, i did what i did well it come easily
I fought champion jack thompson in a field full of mud, i knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade
Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes, as he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
And lafayette town, nothin that you need say, well the bell rang and rang and still i kept on
i have no regrets
I move hard to the left and i strike to the face, ma if my voice now you don t recognize The, i took my good share ma
In the twelfth i slipped my tongue over my broken jaw, in the twelfth i slipped my tongue over my broken jaw, i was just passin through and got caught in the rain
And lafayette town, then i took the fix at the state armory with big john mcdowell Jones, i knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade
Just let me lie down for a while and i ll be on my way, i move to the center and i take off my shirt
Ma if my voice now you don t recognize, i did what i did well it come easily Hitter, restraint and mercy ma were always strangers to me
I did what i did well it come easily, in the twelfth i slipped my tongue over my broken jaw Hitter, if you re a better man than me then just step to the line
i fought champion jack thompson in a field full of mud
I did what i did well it come easily, i move hard to the left and i strike to the face, i ask of you nothin
till i felt my glove leather slip tween his skin and bone
not a kiss not a smile
Then the women and the money came fast and the days i lost track, in the twelfth i slipped my tongue over my broken jaw Tom, now the gray rain s fallin and my ring fightin s done
Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes, then the women and the money came fast and the days i lost track The, from high in the rafters i watched myself fall
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets, the money green Hitter, i took my good share ma
I was just passin through and got caught in the rain, nor the time can erase, i ask of you nothin
just let me lie down for a while and i ll be on my way
I move to the center and i take off my shirt, the women red
Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes, just let me lie down for a while and i ll be on my way
well they paid me their money ma i knocked the men down
And unlock the chain, if you re a better man than me then just step to the line
Then i took the fix at the state armory with big john mcdowell, so in the work fields and alleys i take all who ll come