Song Lyrics Earle Steve - Tom Ames Prayer    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> E>> Earle Steve Singer Lyrics [Earle Steve other resources]>> Tom Ames Prayer Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Earle Steve Music Title/Track: Tom Ames Prayer Theme ID: 812 Album: N/A Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come To some bad end Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such by the time that he was ten And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill and he tucked it in his hand He said I can fell your headed for trouble son and vour momma wouldn't understand So he took that money and his brothers old bay ancl IeE without a word of thanks Fell in with a crowd in some border town and took to robbin' banks Outside the law your luck will run out fast and a few years came and went 'Till he's tropped in an alley in Abilene with all but four shells spent And he realized prayin' was the only thing that he hadn't ever tried Well he wasn't sure he knew quite how but he looked up tothe skv Said you don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know Lord don'f owe nathin' to you And I ain't askin' for a miracle Lord just a little bit of luck will do And you know I ain't never prayed before but it always seemed to me If prayin' is the same us beggin' Lord I won't take no charity Yeah but right now Lord witb my back to the wcll Can't help but recall How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse in Fort Smith Arkansas Judge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down just like a cannon shot And I went away quietly and I began to file and plot Well they sent the preacher down, to my cell He said the Lord is your only hope He's the only friend that you gonna have When you hit the end of Parker's rope Well I guess be coulda' kept on preachin' 'till Christmas but he turned his back on me I put a home made blade to that golden throat and asked the deputy for the key Well it ain't the first close call I ever had I'm sure you already know I had some help from you Lord and the devil himself It's been strictly touch and go Yeah but wbo in the hell am I talkin' to there ain't no one here but me Then he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt and he walked out in the street Related Lyrics Random lyrics: South Nashville Blues, The Unrepentant, Valentines Day, Angel Is The Devil, Ben McCulloch, Goodbye, Hometown Blues, Im Looking Through You, Mercenary Song, Mystery Train Part II, Nothin Without You, Rivers Of Babylon, Sometimes She Forgets, Tecumseh Valley, Christmas In Washington, Ft. Worth Blues, Here I Am, I Still Carry You Around, If You Fall, Poison Lovers, Somewhere Out There, Taneytown, Telephone Road, The Other Side Of Town, Down the Road, Fearless Heart, Good Ol Boy (Gettin Tough), Goodbyes All Weve Got Left, Guitar Town, Hillbilly Highway, Little Rock N Roller, My Old Friend the Blues, Someday, Angry Young Man, I Love You Too Much, Nowhere Road, San Antonio Girl, State Trooper, The Devils Right Hand, The Week Of Living Dangerously, Billy Austin, Close Your Eyes, Devils Right Hand, Even When Im Blue, Hopeless Romantics, Little Sister, Regular Guy, Sweet Little 66, Back to the Wall, Copperhead Road, Other Earle Steve song Lyrics Angel Is The Devil Lyrics Angry Young Man Lyrics Ben McCulloch Lyrics By The Rivers Of Babylon Lyrics Christmas In Washington Lyrics Copperhead Road Lyrics Dixieland Lyrics Ellis Unit One Lyrics Fearless Heart Lyrics Ft. Worth Blues Lyrics Goodbye Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Earlimart Lyrics Earls Lyrics Early November Lyrics Earrings Golden Lyrics Earshot Lyrics Earth Lyrics Earth And Fire Lyrics Earth Crisis Lyrics Earth Rare Lyrics Earth Wind & Fire Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy