Back to
the Song Page Back to the Blue
Clover Music - Publishing Page
Verse/Chorus
Song Clip (from "Western Movies PRV1" by Railtown)
Buy This Song
in the Blue Clover Record Store
Find it on "Western Movies PRV1"
MY SHORT-LIVED LIFE OF CRIME
I dug into my dresser drawer
Wrapped my fingers around my ol' forty-four
And headed out into the cold night air
I'd lost my job at the factory
Left my wife and boy without enough to eat
And that was more than I could bear
I said, it's a hold up, it's a robbery
Give me the cash and don't follow
me
But both of us had fear in our eyes
In my short-lived life of crime
Your daddy was the clerk that night
And he did what he knew was right
He tried to grab my shakin' gun
But a shot rang out and the better man fell
I knew right then that I'd lost myself
When I saw what I had done
I said, it's a hold up, it's a robbery
Give me the cash and don't follow
me
But both of us had fear in our eyes
In my short-lived life of crime
Now I'm wearin' denim for the rest of my life
And half the time, wish I wasn't alive
But I deserve even worse
I killed your dad - wish he'd killed me
Then there wouldn't be two broken families
"Sorry" ain't a strong enough word
I said, it's a hold up, it's a robbery
Give me the cash and don't follow
me
But both of us had fear in our eyes
In my short-lived life of crime
- My short-lived life of
crime
- My short-lived life of
crime
Written
by Jeff Stewart and Mark "Moke" Cameron
Copyright Blue Clover Music (ASCAP) / Mark Cameron
|