Little Houdini-Sage Francis

[ti:Little Houdini] [ar:Sage Francis] [al:Li] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Little Houdini - Sage Francis [00:48.78]Christopher Daniel Gay was arrested on a Friday [00:52.06]In Florida at the Daytona International Speedway [00:55.64]He was a fugitive on the run [00:57.39]Christopher made a quick escape [00:59.02]While being transported in a van [01:00.78]That was picking up convicts state to state [01:02.83]He did it during a bathroom break [01:04.65]He hot-wired somebody's pickup [01:06.40]In fact [01:07.15]Christopher had a long history of theft [01:09.07]Involving trucks [01:09.39] [01:10.09]He was on route to Alabama [01:11.46]For stealing someone's travel trailer [01:13.64]Grand Theft Auto [01:14.70]He was a career criminal jailbird [01:16.88]Who also had three outstanding warrants [01:19.13]In his home state of Tennessee [01:20.95]It was an outstanding performance that set him free [01:23.58]Little Houdini [01:24.58]Stole a big rig then a tour bus that belonged to Crystal Gayle [01:28.14]To evade a five state manhunt that wanted to put that birdy back in jail [01:34.19]But they failed [01:36.00]'Cause Christopher wasn't just running from cops [01:37.73]Christopher Gay was now racing a clock [01:39.60]His mother was dying [01:40.17]And there was no time to be held [01:41.60]Inside of a cage with locks [01:42.97]So y'all can turn up your nose [01:44.65]And suck on your teeth and wag your finger like tsk-tsk [01:46.34] [01:47.03]But he had to take the risk [01:48.42]Little Houdini [01:49.54]There wasn't a single thing sinister in his decision [01:51.79]To break from the prison [01:52.86]His only motive was to go back to his childhood home [01:55.37]While his mom was still living [01:56.55]It wasn't a house [01:57.81]More like an old mobile camper [01:59.43]Where she was bedridden diagnosed with colon cancer [02:01.68] [02:02.62]Sometimes [02:03.11]The only answer we're left with [02:04.54]When a loved one's name is on the death list [02:06.35]Is to head for the exits and go home [02:08.18]Christopher got the hell out of Texas [02:10.24]His abandonment was reckless [02:11.61]It prolonged his sentence [02:12.87]Y'all can forget it [02:13.82]He had numerous convictions and none were as strong as this [02:17.06]Unless you consider the other instance [02:18.68]He went the distance [02:19.96]Similar situation it was a bizarre coincidence [02:22.64]When he escaped from the prison the first time [02:24.45]Not this time but the one before [02:25.58] [02:26.23]He visited his dad [02:27.67]Cause he was dying inside of a mental ward [02:29.60]Suffering from Alzheimer's [02:30.84]He paid respects [02:32.10]Made his peace [02:33.03]When he was done [02:33.78]He didn't run [02:34.59]He returned himself back to the police [02:37.77]That's when his mom made her plea [02:39.83]She said: [02:40.71]"He knows what he done was wrong [02:43.52]But he knows his father don't got long [02:45.70] [02:46.98]He's not a fugitive on the run [02:50.38]He's not dangerous he's our son [02:52.27]He ain't never hurt no one [02:53.33] [02:54.27]He knows what he's done was wrong [02:56.08] [02:57.30]But he knows his father don't got long [03:00.79]He's not a fugitive on the run [03:03.94]He's our son" [03:05.94]This ain't no country western song [03:08.20]Christopher wasn't just running from cops [03:09.83]Christopher Gay was now racing a clock [03:11.64]His mother was dying [03:12.20]And there was no time to be held [03:13.57]Inside of a cage with locks [03:14.95]So y'all can go on tossing rocks [03:16.94]And talk your talk like tsk tsk [03:18.89]Meanwhile Chris is stealing a tractor trailer from Wal-Mart [03:21.45]An 18 wheeler he's peeling rubber the bird takes flight down turnpikes [03:24.74]Three hundred thousand dollars worth of merchandise [03:27.11]But it ain't worth her life [03:28.42]Ran it off the road and abandoned it [03:30.54]50 yards from his moms to avoid the cops [03:32.97]Thats half a football field from her feeble arms [03:35.35]After all this stuff [03:36.35]The tour bus the pick up trucks [03:37.92]The tractor trailer interstate chases [03:39.67]He put on the brakes and couldn't get close enough [03:42.15]The news reporters told people to lock their doors [03:44.65]Like there was a monster on the loose [03:46.33]But there was no truth to those reports [03:47.64] [03:48.48]His mom had weeks to live [03:50.29]And Chris had years to serve [03:51.79]They were within shouting distance [03:53.35]But I don't think he heard her final words [03:56.55]I don't think he heard her final words [03:59.67]She made her plea to the TV [04:01.98]"He knows what he's done was wrong [04:04.72]But he knows his mama don't got long [04:08.03]He's not a fugitive on the run [04:11.40]He's not dangerous he's my son [04:13.39]He ain't never hurt no one [04:15.08]He knows what he's done was wrong [04:18.26]But he knows his mama don't got long [04:21.50]He's not a fugitive on the run [04:24.82]He's my son" [04:26.88]This ain't no country western song [04:28.86]The third time he escaped from a state cop at a Georgia pit-stop [04:31.91]He just slipped out of the handcuffs he jumped ship then he took off [04:35.54]With no father to visit and no mom to go home to [04:38.58]Just an open road where he could be free [04:41.02]Little Houdini [04:42.01]With no father to visit no mom to go home to [04:45.10]Just a wide open sky where he could fly [04:48.03] [04:48.70]With no father to visit no mom to go home to [04:51.91]Just an open road where he could be free [04:54.48]Little Houdini [04:55.47]With no father to visit no mom to go home to [04:58.79]Just a wide open sky where he could fly [05:01.42] [05:02.20]With no father to visit no mom to go home to [05:05.57]Just an open road where he could be free [05:07.69]Little Houdini [05:08.92]With no father to visit no mom to go home to [05:12.23]Just a wide open sky where he could fly [05:15.66]With no father to visit no mom to go home to [05:18.72]Just an open road where he could be free [05:21.90]Little Houdini