Take Me on Down

With a piece in my hand a blood shot eyes I walked to the water for a last goodbye He begged so much it was clouding my mind But one thing's clear the man's gotta die Might makes right so he said When he held all the keys over our head I lived in that grip but now he'll learn At the end with table's turned Lord forgive me... Take me on down the river Where the guilt can't find A red handed sinner On where the grave can't cry out Cause I done wrong down the river With a hand on a colt And a finger on the trigger And long before dawn They'll try to find me So take me on down Take me on down I sank that body by the river bank Caught a boat south took off like a hurricane With spotlights, dogs, ya the whole nine yards They're breathing down my neck and breathing hard 2 weeks in a wild chase Across the highways, mountains, over 7 states Found a man at the harbor, said that he could take me Across the ocean somewhere far away Lord forgive me... Take me on down the river Where the guilt can't find A red handed sinner On where the grave can't cry out Cause I done wrong down the river With a hand on a colt And a finger on the trigger And long before dawn They'll try to find me So take me on down Take me on down I never saw them coming on the boarding plank Now I'm staring down a barrel at point blank range I make for the water jumping off the ledge But not before I catch 2 to the chest Now there's blood and water filling up my lungs Blood and water filling up my lungs My heart is beating like a fading drum Lord forgive me here I come Take me on down the river Where the guilt can't find A red handed sinner On where the grave can't cry out Cause I done wrong down the river With a hand on a colt And a finger on the trigger And long before dawn They'll try to find me So take me on down Take me on down Take me just take me on down Take me on down