Sweet Amelia

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Well the 6:09 is leaving and I'm all set to ride
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My bag is packed, my tickets signed, the sheriff's by my side
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I might as well have died
Incarcerated for a crime lord knows I had to do
Well I spend my time a in a cold dark cell and think of only you
Think of only you

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   Sweet Amelia you know I won't be able to see ya for a long, long time.
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   My sweet Amelia I won't be able to see ya for a long, long time.

They say I shot a man so mean his blood it didn't run
A man so cruel and black of heart; they never found the gun
No they never found the gun.
That judge he looked on down at me and said I did the crime
Then he smashed his gavel down and gave me ninety-nine
Not life but ninety-nine

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You know I'll be in this here box until I reach old age
And even then when that time comes I'll still be in this cage
Sitting in a cage.
Don't worry child sleep peacefully he won't commit that sin
Cause I put him six feet in the ground he won't do it again
No he won't do that again.

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