Mr Innocent-Morten Abel

[ti:Mr Innocent] [ar:Morten Abel] [al:Being Everything, Knowing Nothing] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mr Innocent - Morten Abel [00:22.37]I write to you this letter [00:24.13]And you'll get it in the mail [00:26.44] [00:27.62]I hope that you're not tired of my letters sent from jail [00:32.36]Spent twenty years in prison for a crime I did not do [00:37.39] [00:37.99]But no one do believe that I am innocent but you [00:42.87] [00:44.32]I've never hurt nobody [00:47.08]And that's the truth I swear [00:49.14]Someone says they saw me on the scene [00:52.20]But I wasn't even near [00:53.81] [00:54.94]An officer was shot to death [00:57.58]By machine gun fire [00:58.90] [01:00.27]It's almost twenty years ago [01:02.52]And they still call me a liar [01:04.78] [01:06.84]This is a nightmare it really is [01:08.75]I just hope down the line that there is some justice [01:11.91]Help me God if you are up there [01:14.46]I really didn't shoot that guy I swear [01:16.68]The judge and the jury they didn't even look at me [01:19.90]I didn't have a lawyer no defence see [01:22.13]Let them all feel the wrath of your power [01:25.21]I pay with my young life [01:26.95]They are cowards [01:28.04] [01:29.80]They are cowards [01:30.57] [01:32.34]So I write to you my darling [01:34.48] [01:35.20]So that you can bring it on [01:37.37] [01:38.06]And prove to them my innocence [01:40.70]After I'm gone [01:41.69] [01:43.35]Only before God can I confess without shame [01:47.46] [01:48.60]A killer is out there in the streets [01:50.67] [01:51.22]And I got all the blame [01:52.79] [01:54.48]Can I trust you to see that these words [01:57.52]Is written on my stone [01:58.92] [02:00.12]Don't bother with my name [02:01.62] [02:02.29]Because I rather be unknown [02:04.88] [02:05.58]Here lies Mr Innocent who never she'd a tear [02:09.79] [02:10.61]You wanted his young life now enjoy your dinner [02:14.99] [02:17.36]La la la la la la la la la la [02:20.73] [02:22.62]La la la la la la la la la la [02:26.98] [02:27.99]La la la la la la la la la la [02:36.87] [02:38.50]Thank you and goodnight people of the land [02:40.82]The system failed for an innocent man [02:43.33]I was fortheen not yet been with a woman [02:45.87]Now I'm thirty-four and I still haven't been with one [02:48.61]To my mum and dad I brought a lot of pain [02:51.17]They didn't want me to carry their name [02:53.90]Now I'm just a number a number in chains [02:56.98] [02:59.42]Thank you and goodnight people of the land [03:01.18] [03:01.71]The system failed for an innocent man [03:03.91]I was fourtheen not yet been with a woman [03:06.08] [03:06.73]Now I'm thirty-four and I still haven't been with one [03:09.45]To my mum and dad I brought a lot of pain [03:11.62] [03:12.23]They didn't want me to carry their name [03:14.03] [03:14.63]Now I'm just a number a number in chains