Steve Earle - Nebraska lyrics

I saw her standin' on her front
Lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride
Sir and ten innocent people died

From the town of lincoln
Nebraska with a sawed off 410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of wyoming I
Killed everything in my path

I can't say that I'm sorry for
The things that we done
At least for a little while sir me
And her we had some fun

The jury brought in a guilty verdict and
The judge he sentenced me to death
Midnight in a prison storeroom with
Leather straps across my chest
Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir
And snaps my poor head back
You make sure my pretty baby is
Sittin' right there on my lap

They declared me unfit to live said into
That great void my soul'd be hurled
They wanted to know why I did what I did
Well sir I guess there's just
A meanness in this world