gambling that caused me
to kill my friend Peter Blue
It wasn't gamblin' that caused me
to kill my friend Peter Blue
If you caught your best friend with your wife,
you'd do the same thing
too
When they strapped on the lie detector,
the needle kept goin' up
and down
When they strapped on the lie detector,
the needle kept goin' up and down
An d they knew I was lyin'
since I first sat down
So I spoke to my conscience
and asked what should I do
Yes, I spoke to my conscience
and asked what should I do
My conscience said surely
I would be guilty if I were you
So I stood up on my feet
and raised up my right hand
So I stood up on my feet
and raised up my right hand
I said, Judge, I confess I shot
my woman's man
So the prosecutor asked me, Shorty,
why did you kill that man?
So the prosecutor asked me, Shorty,
why did you kill that man?
I said, if you've never been in love
Then you wouldn't understand
When I signed my confession
This is what I wrote
When I signed my confession
This is what I wrote
That I'm throwing myself
When the jurors found me guilty,
my woman's eyes were
full of tears
When the jurors found me guilty,
my woman's eyes were
full of tears
They thought it was manslaughter
I got for one to twenty
years
Baby, one year ain't no sentence
And twenty years ain't no time
Baby, one year ain't no sentence,
and twenty years ain't no time
And if life lasts,
I'll see you when I do my time