One Hour Ahead of the Posse-Burl Ives

[ti:One Hour Ahead of the Posse] [ar:Burl Ives] [al:The Classic Years, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]One Hour Ahead of the Posse - Burl Ives (布勒·埃夫斯) [00:16.50]One hour ahead of the posse [00:18.16] [00:19.45]The bloodhounds are hot on my trail [00:21.46] [00:22.52]Last night I shot my sweetheart [00:24.40] [00:25.66]This morning I broke out of jail [00:27.54] [00:28.70]My Pinto is tired and hungry [00:30.72] [00:31.80]And I'm feeling weary and warm [00:33.54] [00:34.91]We started ahead of the posse [00:36.62] [00:38.63]And we got to keep going on [00:40.50] [00:41.11]The sherrif aswored he would get me [00:43.22] [00:44.01]He's riding with 20 and 5 [00:45.78] [00:47.12]But I'm not afeared of that posse [00:49.20] [00:50.19]They never will get me alive [00:51.98] [00:55.43]One hour ahead of the posse [00:57.03] [00:58.30]No turning to left or to right [01:00.11] [01:01.22]We must win the race to the river [01:03.40] [01:04.30]Or there'll be a hanging tonight [01:05.95] [01:10.79]One hour ahead of the posse [01:12.39] [01:13.62]No time for remorse or regret [01:15.38] [01:16.72]But somehow her blue eyes still haunt me [01:18.83] [01:19.89]Her laughter is taunting me yet [01:21.74] [01:23.06]It started the night that we might [01:25.15] [01:26.13]She kissed me and vowed she would care [01:28.30] [01:29.26]I traded the gold in my pocket [01:31.04] [01:32.26]To fondle the curls in her hair [01:34.22] [01:35.62]She lied when she told me she loved me [01:37.78] [01:38.50]She lied with each kiss that she gave [01:40.70] [01:41.76]She lied to the moment I caught her [01:43.90] [01:44.86]And now she lies still in her grave [01:46.98] [01:49.96]One hour ahead of the posse [01:51.60] [01:52.86]The night is a-coming on fast [01:54.96] [01:57.13]We must win the race to the rio [01:58.53] [01:59.21]And well shake that old posse at last [02:01.28] [02:02.50]We're nearing the end of our journey [02:04.67] [02:19.88]And now I'm inside of my goal [02:21.59] [02:26.66]At last we've beaten the posse [02:29.00] [02:32.55]May the Lord have mercy on my soul [02:39.16] [02:44.20]May the Lord have mercy on your soul