Box Car Shorty Confession - Clutch

It wasn’t gambling that cause me

To kill my friend Peter Blue

It wasn’t gambling that cause me

To kill my friend Peter Blue

If you caught your best friend with your wife

You’d do the same thing too

When they strapped on the lie detector

The needle kept going up and down

When they strapped on the lie detector

The needle kept going up and down

And they knew I were lyin'

Since I first sat down

So I spoke to my conscious

And asked what should I do

Yes, I spoke to my conscious

And asked what should I do

My conscious said shorty

I would plead guilty if I were you

So I stood up on my feet

And raised up my right hand

So I stood up on my feet

And raised up my right hand

I said Judge I’m confessing

I shot my woman’s man

So the prosecutor asked me

Shorty, why did you kill that man?

So the prosecutor asked me

Shorty, why did you kill that man?

I said if you’ve never been in love

Then you wouldn’t understand

When I signed my confession

This is what I wrote

When I signed my confession

This is what I wrote

That I’m throwing myself

On the mercy of the court

When the jury found me guilty

My woman’s eyes were full of tears

When the jury found me guilty

My woman’s eyes were full of tears

The verdict was manslaughter

I got from 1 to 20 years

Baby, 1 year ain’t no sentence

And 20 years ain’t no time

Baby, 1 year ain’t no sentence

And 20 years ain’t no time

And if I pass I’ll see you when I dig my time