Lyrics

Hey Daddy Hey get on your knees and pray
I’m going up to Macom for my sentencing today
They don’t believe a word that this poor boy has to say
Hey Daddy Hey get on your knees and pray

Hey judge hey I could use some mercy now
Is borrowed forgiveness too much for you to allow
Give me a little time and let the truth come out somehow
Hey judge hey I could use some mercy now

Wasn’t me who shot that gun Johnny Gayle’s your man
He knocked me out and put that pistol in my hand
Once they found a patsy everybody went along
But are you gonna kill me to prove killings wrong

Hey mama hey they gonna put my in the ground
I’m going to see Saint Peter I hope he wants me around
When he finds out you’re my mama well I might be heaven bound
Hey mama hey they gonna put me in the ground

Wasn’t me who shot that gun mama I’m your son
I mighta took what wasn’t mine but I never killed no one
I know I done some wrong and I’m sorry for your pain
You always saw the good so remember me that way

Hey baby hey I called to say I love you so
Your pretty face is the last thing I’ll picture when I go
So when they put that needle in it might not seem so awfully cold
Hey baby hey I love you so

Anne E. DeChant, Frye Gaillard
©2015 One Fish Two Fish Music Publishing (ASCAP)