Mean Fist

[00:18.85] For as long as I remember
[00:20.79] I ran a life of crime
[00:23.54] Harmed everyone that I know
[00:26.21] Stolen what's not mine
[00:28.99] Problems solved through violence
[00:31.65] Feelings dulled with booze
[00:34.32] Father always yelling at me
[00:37.02] Shape up or you will lose
[00:39.74] The law's closing in on me...
[00:42.48] Just made a BOLO list
[00:45.14] Hear this confessional
[00:46.98] These are the tales of the mean fist
[00:53.24] The tales of the mean fist
[01:00.54] And to my abandoned daughter
[01:02.39] I know I let you down
[01:05.09] And I hope some day you'll pardon me
[01:07.76] For the damage that I've done
[01:10.44] Your father fought the needle
[01:13.11] And a judge says the needle won
[01:15.84] Looks like I traded our picket fence
[01:19.46] For a prison cell
[01:21.25] The law's closing in on me...
[01:23.05] Just made a warden's list
[01:27.50] Hear this confessional
[01:28.46] These are the tales of the mean fist
[01:33.80] The tales of the mean fist
[01:41.09] Now listen...
[01:42.86] Three walls and prison bars
[01:44.68] Are all I'll ever know
[01:46.47] Love and compassion
[01:50.02] Will become foreign words
[01:52.82] And it won't make a damn bit of difference
[01:55.57] If I repent or make amends
[01:58.26] Life on the installment plan
[02:00.04] Will surely be my death
[02:13.56] Consider this a junkie's
[02:15.31] Last will and testament
[02:18.06] And when I die I know that it is
[02:21.68] Safe to place a bet
[02:23.46] Not a tear will be she'd
[02:28.05] Nor a rose for my casket
[02:28.84] It will be a cold, grey day
[02:30.65] When they lower down mean fist
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