black eyed jim - crooked constellation lyrics
it was down in that prison in memphis, tennessee
in the rec room of the ninth ward he first laid his eyes on me
voice was sharp as razors his eye was dark as sin
the murderer, the robber, twice convicted black eyed jim
well he sat down at my table boys he looked me in the eyes
he said, “h*ll, now, don’t you know this whole trial’s based on lies?
judge is paid by rich folk and the cops are paid by him
convict the innocent, the worthy and the just for black eyed jim”
and i remember the day that my life all went to h*ll
and those pennies in my pocket became the pennies in my cell
he sure did have a way with words, and i believed in him
oh, the murderer, the robber, twice convicted black eyed jim
and for quite a while i visited him and he told me of his plan
to break out of the ninth ward and again be a free man
then one night in october stabbed the night*watch with a shim
and escaped out on the land, me and my buddy black eyed jim
and for quite a while we lived and were kings on the street
spent the night times in bar rooms and days in bed asleep
we k!lled anyone that was in our way, filled our pockets with their tin
they called me el (?) black eyed jim
and i remember the day that my life all went to h*ll
and those pennies in my pocket became the pennies in my cell
he sure did have a way with words, and i believed in him
oh, the murderer, the robber, twice convicted black eyed jim
i know that word travels fast in those tennessee plains
till our friends in the ninth ward came to take us home in chains
cops came marching guns all a blazing with their kin (?)
and when the dust cleared, lying face down they had (?) murdered black eyed jim
and i remember the day that my life all went to h*ll
and those pennies in my pocket became the pennies in my cell
he sure did have a way with words, and i believed in him
oh, the murderer, the robber, twice convicted black eyed jim
judge made it quite clear, said i’d spend my life in jail
with no friends and family i have no one to pay bail
i have to admit my life was seeming pretty grim
i served for 32 murders in the first, my time with black eyed jim
and i remember the day that my life all went to h*ll
and those pennies in my pocket became the pennies in my cell
well he sure did have a way with words, and i believed in him
oh, the murderer, the robber, twice convicted black eyed jim
and i remember the day that my life all went to h*ll
and those pennies in my pocket became the pennies in my cell
he sure did have a way with words, and i believed in him
oh, the murderer, the robber, twice convicted black eyed jim
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