It was on a Friday night
I got in a fight
Now they'll never let me be
That man pulled out a knife
So I took his life
And now I'm runnin' like a dog from Tennessee
Made my way to Texas
Sorrow big as the stars
Drinkin' away my troubles
In a Hill Country honky-tonk bar
Lord, Lord
In a Hill Country honky-tonk bar
If it weren't for Sheriff Brown
I'd be in town
Pickin' & a-grinnin, feelin' fine
Instead I gotta roam
So far from my home
Got them Knox County Blues on my mind
Hitched on down to Suwanee
Five dollars to my name
If I had it to do over again
You know that I would do the same
Lord, Lord
I know I'd have to do the same
My gal began to cry
Cause I didn't say goodbye
Had to leave in darkness on the tracks
Wrote her a letter from the road
Said I love you so
And I'm sorry you can't write me back
Stumbled out to New Orleans
Made some money rollin' dice
When that man said double or nothin
Well you know I didn't think twice
Lord, Lord
Ah hell, I never think twice
Driftin' town to town
Lonely is the sound
Of a man without company
Weary and blue
But what can I do
Oh its the road or the gallows for me
Said its the road or the gallows for me
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