Abilene - Christie

Well, I served 10 years hard labour

Working down on the prison farm

And the nights were cold and lonely

And the wind come a-howling down

You know the judge he guilty found me

And then he sent me down for nine

But when I busted the pen

You know the judge made it ten

Now I’m breaking rocks doing my time

Well, Abilene

I’ve never seen a town so mean

Abilene

Well, you’re a mean gunfighter’s dream

You know I wish I’d never

I wish I’d never

I wish I’d never seen

Abilene

Well, it was down in Abilene

Well, I’d been riding night and day

When I stopped for a drink of whiskey

And I got in a poker game

Well, I was drunk and I lost my temper

When someone called me a lying cheat

Well, when he pulled out a knife, and followed me outside

You know I shot him down in the street

Well, Abilene

I’ve never seen a town so mean

Abilene

Well, you’re a mean gunfighter’s dream

You know I wish I’d never

I wish I’d never

I wish I’d never seen

Abilene