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Well Iâm grinding my life out, steady and sure
Nothing more wretched than what I must endure
Iâm drenched in the light that shines from the sun
I could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done
Sooner or later you make a mistake,
Iâll put you in a chain that you never will break
Legs and arms and body and bone
I pay in blood, but not my own
Night after night, day after day
They strip your useless hopes away
The more I take the more I give
The more I die the more I live
I got something in my pocket make your eyeballs swim
I got dogs could tear you limb from limb
Iâm circlinâ around the Southern Zone
I pay in blood, but not my own.
Low cards are what Iâve got
But Iâll play this hand whether I like it or not
Iâm sworn to uphold the laws of God
You could put me out in front of a firing squad
Iâve been out and around with the rising men
Just like you my handsome friend
My headâs so hard, must be made of stone
I pay in blood, but not my own
Another politician coming out the abyss
another angry beggar blowing you a kiss
you got the same eyes that your mother does
if only you could prove who your father was
someone must of slipped a drug in yer wine
you gulped it down and you cross the line
man canât live by bread alone
I pay in blood, but not my own
How I made it back home, nobody knows
or how I survived so many blows
Iâve been thru Hell, What good did it do?
You bastard!!! Iâm suppose to respect you!!
Iâll give you justice, Iâll fathom your purse
Show me your moral that you reversed
Hear me holler and hear me moan
I pay in blood but not my own
You get your lover in the bed
Come here Iâll break your lousy head
Our nation must be saved and freed
Youâve been accused of murder, how do you plead?
This is how I spend my days
I came to bury, not to raise
Iâll drink my fill and sleep alone
I play in blood, but not my own
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