Bad Man's Blunder-The Kingston Trio

[ti:Bad Man's Blunder] [ar:The Kingston Trio] [al:Very Best Of Kingston Trio] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.97]Bad Man's Blunder - The Kingston Trio [00:02.98] [00:08.68]Well early one evenin' I was rollin' around [00:11.11]I was feelin' kind of mean I shot a deputy down [00:13.79] [00:14.40]Strollin' on home and I went to bed [00:16.89]Well I laid my pistol up under my head [00:19.80]He strolled along home [00:21.14](I took my time) [00:22.26]And he went to bed [00:23.62](Thought I'd sleep some) [00:24.78] [00:25.48]Laid his pistol [00:26.71](Big twenty-two) [00:27.82]Up under his head [00:28.92] [00:29.43](I keep it handy) [00:30.61] [00:33.53]Well early in the mornin' 'bout the break of day [00:36.16]I figured it was time to make a getaway [00:38.55] [00:39.31]Steppin' right along but I was steppin' too slow [00:41.70]Got surrounded by a sheriff down in Mexico [00:44.10] [00:44.62]He was steppin' right along [00:45.92](Were a-high footin' it) [00:47.29]But he was steppin' too slow [00:48.60](It was a sultry day) [00:50.06]Got surrounded by a sheriff [00:51.47](Boxed in) [00:52.81]In Mexico [00:53.98](I didn't even have a chance to see the country) [00:56.00] [00:58.28]When I was arrested I didn't have a dime [01:00.90]The sheriff says "Son you're ridin' free this time [01:03.36] [01:03.89]Where you're goin' you won't need a cent [01:06.42]'Cause the great state of Texas gonna pay your rent" [01:09.66]'Cause where you're goin' [01:10.76](I think he means jail) [01:12.08]You won't need a cent [01:13.47](Well he knows I'm broke) [01:14.75]'Cause the great state of Texas [01:16.44](Yippee) [01:17.03] [01:17.55]Gonna pay your rent [01:19.22](I'm mighty grateful fellas) [01:20.26] [01:23.16]Well I didn't have a key and I didn't have a file [01:26.00]Naturally I stayed around until my trial [01:28.59] [01:29.10]The judge was an old man ninety-three [01:31.49]And I didn't like the way the jury looked at me [01:34.20]Well the judge was an old man [01:35.87](Too old) [01:37.09]Ninety-three [01:38.44](Entirely too old) [01:39.53] [01:40.06]I didn't like the way the jury looked at me [01:43.87] [01:44.44]I think they were suspicious [01:45.72] [01:47.13]The judge and the jury they did agree [01:49.10] [01:49.82]They all said murder in the first degree [01:52.04] [01:52.60]The judge said same [01:54.21]"I don't know whether to hang you or not [01:56.11]But this your killing of deputy sheriffs [01:57.87]Has just naturally got to stop" [01:59.43]("You've got a point there judge") [02:00.98] [02:02.42]It was a most unsatisfactory trial [02:04.32] [02:05.07]They gave me ninety-nine years on the hard rock pile [02:08.20]Ninety and nine on the hard rock ground [02:10.47]All I ever did was shoot a deputy down [02:12.82] [02:13.42]Ninety and nine [02:14.55](It could have been life) [02:15.87]On the hard rock pile [02:17.22](They might-a hung me) [02:18.71]And all he ever did was shoot a deputy down [02:29.81](This whole thing has sure been a lesson to me) [02:31.93] [02:34.40](Bang you're dead)