I heard a pistol blast, a baby cry and I heard a woman scream I took a moment to compose myself, take in what I had seen I caught a glimpse of everything I'd done and every man I'd been I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus it would all be for the best But he just turned away the night I took a bullet in my chest
Well I'd had 25 years to make my mark and stake my claim And I admit that I'd enjoyed the notoriety and fame I bought a gun and married young no-one but me to blame I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus I could be like all the rest But he abandoned me the night I took a bullet in my chest
Oh lord won't you forgive me for my sins Please father set me free Won't you open up your gates and let me in There are a million men as bad as me
Well I had money, I had power I could have anything I liked And I would work and I would drink and then occasionally I'd fight There were friends and there were lovers but the differences were slight And when their eyes would fall upon me they were always so impressed But I was powerless the night I took a bullet in my chest
They found me buried in a landfill seven hours from my home They picked her up a few days later once her heart had turned to stone She said she'd love me til the end but all along she should have known She closed her eyes and prayed to Jesus then she quietly confessed That it was her that fired the shot that put that bullet in my chest
Oh lord won't you forgive me for my sins Please father set me free Won't you open up your gates and let me in There are a million men as bad as me
Oh girl won't you forgive me for my sins Please darling set me free Won't you open up your gates and let me in There are a million men as bad as me There are a thousand men as bad as me There are so many men as bad as me