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Tom Ames' Prayer

Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ame's would come to some bad end

Well the sheriff had caught him stealin' chickens and such

By the time that he was tenAnd one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill

And he tucked it in his hand

He said I can tell you're headed for trouble son

And your momma wouldn't understandSo he took that money and his brothers old bay

And he left without a word of thanks

Fell in with a crowd in some border town

And took to robbing banksWell outside the law your luck will run out fast

And a few years came and went

'Till he's trapped in an alley in Abilene

With all but four shells spentAnd he realized praying was the only thing

That he hadn't ever tried

Well he wasn't sure he knew quite how

But he looked up to the skySaid you don't owe me nothing and as far as I know

Lord don't owe nothing to you

And I ain't asking for a miracle Lord

Just a little bit of luck will doAnd you know I ain't never prayed before

But it always seemed to me

If praying is the same as begging Lord

I don't take no charityYeah but right now Lord with my back to the wall

Can't help but recall

How they nearly hung me for stealing a horse

In Fort Smith ArkansasJudge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down

Just like a cannon shot

And I went away quietly

And I began to file and plotWell they sent the preacher down to my cell

He said the Lord is your only hope

He's the only friend that you gonna have

When you hit the end of Parker's ropeWell I guess he could of kept on preaching till Christmas

But he turned his back on me

I put a home made blade to that golden throat

And asked the deputy for the keyWell it ain't the first close call I ever had

As I'm sure you already know

I had some help from you Lord and the devil himself

It's been strictly touch and go

Yeah but who in the hell am I talking to

There ain't no one here but me

And then he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt

And he walked out in the street

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