A Quick Death in Texas

Album: Psychic Warfare (2015)
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  • My nasty Yankee mannerisms
    Didn't jive with the local traditions
    How was I to know she had a jealous husband?
    He was the G.M of a Tractor Supply
    Well-acquainted with the guns and knives
    Sometimes I swear I have less sense than a bag of hammers

    I prayed for courage, I prayed for love
    I prayed for guidance from the heavens above
    I prayed to know divine protections
    But now I'm praying for a quick death in Texas
    Hey, hey
    Please forgive me, Mr. Gibbons

    I crawled my way into The Doom Saloon
    In an attempt to cauterize my wounds
    I did a terrible job and they became powerfully infected
    I found myself atop a stolen Roan
    Quite convinced that I would never see home
    And all on account of my lack of common manners

    I prayed for courage, I prayed for love
    I prayed for guidance from the heavens above
    I prayed to know divine protections
    But now I'm praying for a quick death in Texas

    The saloon doors stopped swinging
    The piano player stopped playing (hey-hey)
    In the shadows I could hear archaic Spanish phrases (hey-hey)
    The preacher stood up from his table, in his right hand he held a bible (hey-hey)
    And in his left, the business end of a Winchester rifle

    I prayed for courage, I prayed for love
    I prayed for guidance from the heavens above
    I prayed to know divine protections
    But now I'm praying for a quick death in Texas

    Beaumont, Amarillo, got a line on me
    Galveston, El Paso, Nacogdoches, Abilene
    Beaumont, Amarillo, got a line on me
    Galveston, El Paso, Nacogdoches, Abilene
    Beaumont, Amarillo, got a line on me
    Galveston, El Paso, Nacogdoches, Abilene
    Beaumont, Amarillo, got a line on me
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