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Sixteen years

from Some Songs By Jim Pearson by Jim Pearson

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Sixteen years

I used to worry while she was gone
She went out shopping said she wouldn’t be gone long
But sixteen years have passed me by
Since they found me guilty because I didn’t have an alibi

When she came back they set me free
I got a pardon but I got no apology
But after sixteen years dependency
The only place I call my home is in the penitentiary

I begged forgiveness from above
Before I shot the only girl that I will ever love
I waited for the cops and handed them my gun
I said “take me back to prison boys, ‘cos justice must be done”

Finally they’ve come to shave my head
For sixteen years I waited to be dead
So bury me next to the girl who caused so much pain
And write this on my headstone “she will never leave my side again”

©Jim Pearson 2006

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from Some Songs By Jim Pearson, released January 11, 2006

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"You never can be sure what kind of project Jim will come up with next, but you can always be sure it's gonna be pretty darn good." Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music.

Jim's songs range from the whimsical to some of the most bitter and somber themes, yet always with a paradoxical childlike spirit that meets them head-on – wide-eyed and full of hopeful energy.
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