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Hells Half Acre by Mark David Manders
Hells Half Acre
[Verse]
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I come from Birmingham, by way of Lousianne,
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into this no man's land where life and death are intertwined.
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Me and my brother Les, heard about this land out west,
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So we put our horses to the test, to see what we could find.
(on the last Em of every verse play the intro riff twice, then continue.)
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We'd been out a bout six weeks, and set up camp along side this creek,
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I was young and he was green, but I tried to look after him.
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Two brothers bedded down that night only one would see the morning light,
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Waylaid by a lawless man and left alone to die.
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Now it all seems like a dream I awoke to the sounds of my brother's screams,
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Then I felt that awful pain as the bullet crashed into my side.
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I'm not sure how far I ran, I never saw my brother again,
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but the image of that man is burned into my mind.
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Now it's, Fort Worth June 21st, Hell's Half Acre with its streets of dirt,
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Lies before me like a dirty shirt, and I wait patiently.
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A horse in the stable begins to whine, as the rider approaches the church bells chime,
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Now its just a matter of time, and I got plenty.
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He never saw what spooked his mare, but when he hit the ground I was standing there,
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He drew his pistol but I did'nt care, I just laughed.
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He looked in my eyes and knew I was the one, only this time I did'nt run.
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I walked away and my job was done, but he knows, that I'll be back.
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Mmmmmmm, Hmmmmmmm, Hmmmmmmmm
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Now guilt is a devil in layman's clothes when a man's mind wanders unopposed,
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It conjures up many ghosts, that will haunt his dreams.
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After weeks without sleep in a cheap hotel he finds the only way out of this hell,
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Is to pull his pistol on himself and now we'll both rest in peace.
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