Billy Austin-Steve Earle/The Dukes

[ti:Billy Austin] [ar:Steve Earle & The Dukes] [al:Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Billy Austin - Steve Earle (史蒂夫-厄尔)/The Dukes [00:57.74]My name is Billy Austin [01:01.82] [01:04.11]I'm twenty-nine years old [01:07.76] [01:09.81]I was born in Oklahoma [01:14.92] [01:16.26]Quarter Cherokee I'm told [01:19.72] [01:24.91]Don't remember Oklahoma [01:27.84] [01:29.31]It's been so long since I left home [01:34.02] [01:35.93]Seems like I've always been in prison [01:41.65] [01:42.84]Like I've always been alone [01:47.11] [01:52.13]Didn't mean to hurt nobody [01:54.32] [01:56.57]Never thought I'd cross that line [02:00.02] [02:03.04]I held up a filling station [02:08.45] [02:10.41]Like I'd done a hundred times [02:14.01] [02:19.23]The kid done like I told him [02:21.71] [02:23.29]He lay face down on the floor [02:27.07] [02:30.16]Guess I'll never know what made me [02:34.96] [02:36.71]Turn and walk back through that door [02:40.96] [02:44.30]The shot rang out like thunder [02:48.42] [02:50.86]My ears rang like a bell [02:54.16] [02:59.92]No one came runnin' [03:02.39] [03:04.14]And so I called the cops myself [03:08.43] [03:13.33]Took their time to get there [03:15.67] [03:17.46]So I guess I could run [03:22.25] [03:24.93]And I should be feeling something [03:29.74] [03:31.37]But I never shed tear one [03:35.57] [03:41.26]And I didn't even make the papers [03:43.17] [03:45.45]'Cause I only killed one man [03:48.53] [03:51.93]But my trial was over quickly [03:56.64] [03:58.59]And then the long hard wait began [04:02.22] [04:08.12]Court appointed lawyer [04:10.45] [04:12.50]Couldn't look me in the eye [04:16.76] [04:18.79]He just stood up and closed his briefcase [04:24.23] [04:25.89]When they sentenced me to die [04:29.42] [04:35.31]And now my waitin's over [04:37.51] [04:40.04]As the final hour drags by [04:43.32] [04:49.12]I ain't about to tell you [04:51.40] [04:53.51]That I don't deserve to die [04:57.74] [05:02.92]There's twenty-seven men here [05:05.11] [05:07.63]Mostly black and brown and poor [05:11.94] [05:14.25]And most of 'em are guilty [05:19.39] [05:21.28]And who are you to say for sure [05:26.41] [05:28.61]So when the preacher comes to get me [05:33.41] [05:36.01]And they shave off all my hair [05:39.54] [05:43.16]Could you take that long walk with me [05:48.12] [05:50.43]Knowing Hell's waitin' there [05:53.30] [05:59.71]Could you pull that switch yourself sir [06:02.94] [06:05.31]With a sure and steady hand [06:09.82] [06:15.09]Could you still tell youself sir [06:17.62] [06:19.60]That you're better than I am [06:23.43] [06:29.83]My name is Billy Austin [06:32.74] [06:35.05]I'm twenty-nine years old [06:39.17] [06:42.14]I was born in Oklahoma [06:47.31] [06:49.14]Quarter Cherokee I'm told