I'm from the wrong side of the side of the ditch
Down the end of a nowhere road
Born the second son of a son of a bitch
& a lady with a heart of gold
Only thing my daddy left me was no way out and a red hot six shotgun
Didn't even leave my mamma a shadow of a doubt that I'd grow up to be his son
CHORUS:
& I know it ain't right it's just the way I am
With this twisted heart of mine
But one more night and I'll be a brand new man,
I got 99 miles to the Mexico line,
99 miles to the Mexico line
Spent half my life as a wanted man
Tryin' hard just to survive
There's a sheriff in Texas and girl in Alabam'
With a sign sayin' 'dead or alive'
CHORUS:
& I know it ain't right it's just the way I am
With this twisted heart of mine
But one more night and I'll be a brand new man,
I got 99 miles to the Mexico line,
99 miles to the Mexico line
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Only thing between me and the promised land is a river flowin' deep and wide
I ain't stoppin' til I hit the Rio Grande and I'm standin' on the other side
CHORUS:
& I know it ain't right it's just the way I am
With this twisted heart of mine
But one more night and I'll be a brand new man,
I got 99 miles to the Mexico line,
99 miles to the Mexico line
Got 99 miles to the Mexico line
99 miles to the Mexico line