Botched Execution

Lyrics

They botched my execution back in 1996
 I climbed out of a window and I hopped over the fence
 Had to dig myself a tunnel, put my feet on the cement
 And started runnin' runnin' runnin' and ain't nobody seen me since
 So, now I gotta find a friend, someone to tell I didn't do it
 But my picture's in the paper and there's no way that I can prove it
 And the body's in the closet 'cause I never got to move it
 Now the neighbor's kids are talking sayin' everybody knew it
 Aha, aha
 All my little seeds have grown, aha
 Aha, aha
 Sooner later come back home, aha
 Aha, aha, oh
 ♪
 Leave a trail of crumbs, a lure for them to bite on
 In a Motel 6, thank God nobody left the light on
 Dressed myself in women's clothing and a wig that I had tried on
 Tried to cleanse myself of all those alibis I had relied on
 Now I'm lying on my back looking at the ceiling
 When suddenly I am distracted by that old familiar feeling
 With the table and the devil and the cards that he was dealing
 I was sure enough a slave and some poor soul I would be stealing tonight
 Aha, aha
 All my little seeds have grown, aha
 Aha, aha
 Sooner later come back home, aha
 Aha, aha, oh
 Aha, aha, aha, oh
 Aha, aha, aha, oh
 ♪
 Well, hitched my skirt, climbed up a car on the railroad
 Found myself a'gazing down the barrel at the crossroad
 Hide out in the circus, rob a bank, hit the payload
 Or wait out in the darkness with the freaks and kinda lay low
 A storm had downed a power line, laying on the trainway
 Standing in a puddle, felt a shock and in a ditch lay
 In my final moments I could hear the lucky judge say
 Well, I guess the execution went as scheduled anyways
 Aha, aha
 All my little seeds have grown, aha
 Aha, aha
 Sooner later come back home, oh, oh
 Oh, oh
 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
 Oh, oh
 Oh, oh, oh
 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
 Oh, oh
 

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Duration
03:23
Key
9
Tempo
160 BPM

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