Sinner-The Parlor Soldiers

sinner - the parlor soldiers yea i've got a story not the kind i like to tell no one winds up looking really good it doesn't end well but listen up now i'm gonna set the record straight about how i sealed my no good two timing husband's fate well all you know my husband billy loved them bottles of old crow i used to try to keep him sober but that ended long ago so billy left the house about ten o’clock to sit at cady's bar and by three he was so loaded cady sent him back to his car that old chevy didn't stand a chance when billy's out his mind he clipped a half a dozen cars then he flew through a traffic light well i don't know where he was headed but the sheriff caught his scent that sheriff knows that old chevy like his own two hands it was a short chase billy landed in some brush the sheriff said hey billy tell me buddy tell me what's the rush? now billy knows me and the sheriff used to have a little fun so instead of putting up his hands he pulled out his gun he was indecent he was dirty he was never home by twelve and let me tell you how it broke my heart the way he'd sleep around he never stepped foot in a church he was the scourge of the town so tell me how is it a sin to shoot a sinner down now in his stupified state billy wasn't much a shot the sheriff knocked him to the ground then he dragged him to his truck billy said you motherf**ker you've been messing with my wife the sheriff said you better shut it boy i'll lock you up for life he was indecent he was dirty he was never home by twelve and let me tell you how it broke my heart the way he'd sleep around he never stepped foot in a church he was the scourge of the town so tell me how is it a sin to shoot a sinner down now when he hadn't had to much to drink he was a clever man i was calling on the sheriff when billy split the can i saw him walking toward the front door but i didn't hear the bell i knew it wouldn't end well he brought his pistol cocked and loaded i was in my dressing gown i ran back into the bedroom but the sheriff had stepped out there were footsteps in the hallway i dropped onto the ground then i grabbed the sheriff's gun and shot my old man down he was indecent he was dirty he was never home by twelve and let me tell you how it broke my heart the way he'd sleep around he never stepped foot in a church he was the scourge of the town so tell me how is it a sin to shoot a sinner down so be gentle when you judge me i was only saving myself tell me how is it a sin to shoot a sinner down