| I got high, lord I got in jail
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| Lord I got high, and I got in jail
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| I got high and I got in jail, had nobody for to go my bail
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| My sins, they have overtaken me
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| Hand me down my wallkin' cane
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| Lord hand me down my walkin' cane
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| Hand me down my wallkin' cane
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| I’m a gonna leave on the morning train
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| My sins, they have overtaken me
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| Well, the beans was tough, and the meat was fat
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| Oh the beans was tough, and the meat was fat
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| Well the beans was tough, and the meat was fat
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| Oh good God, I couldn’t eat that
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| My sins, they have overtaken me
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| Well it’s come on Ma, and go my bail
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| Lord come on Mom, and go my bail
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| Come on Mama and go my bail
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| Get me outta this Nashville jail
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| My sins, they have overtaken me
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| Well if I die in Tennessee
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| Lord if I die, in Tennessee
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| Boy if I die in Tennessee
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| Ship me back by C.O.D.,
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| My sins, they have overtaken me
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| So hand me down, my bottle a' corn
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| Oh hand me down that bottle a' corn
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| Hand me down my bottle a' corn
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| Gonna get drunk just sure as you’re born
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| My sins, they have overtaken me
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| Hand me down my wallkin' cane
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| Lord hand me down my walkin' cane
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| Oh hand me down my wallkin' cane
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| I’m a gonna leave on the morning train
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| My sins, they have overtaken me |