Randy Rogers Band - Tommy Jackson

      
 
 Capo 5
 
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 It didn't matter Tommy Jackson was running free
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 Cause the man he killed never mattered much to me
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 There??s talk in our town about where Tommy might run
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 Wondered if it mattered, he has used my gun ss
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 80 Miles East of the line down on my grand daddy's farm-i
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 He laid low just for the night and he slept there in our barn
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 I watched him steal our Ford and drive away in the sun
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 18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run
 
 Chorus:
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 Isn't love a funny thing with a pistol in your hand
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 Close you eyes and bow your head to pray if you can
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 Well you sealed your fate when you picked up that shotgun
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 18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run, on the run
 
 For 15 days Tommy kept his conscience between the lines
 His ex-wife and a cold jail cell were always on his mind
 He ran out of cash at an east-bound truck stop
 But he found work there at Fritz's muffler shop
 Fritz was a good man and Pamela was his wife
 2 kids a nice home and on the surface a good life
 But drunk on Whisky Pam and Tommy had some fun
 18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run
 
 Chorus
 
 Now every Sunday morning she goes down to the place where he lays
 She tells Tommy how she never wanted things this way
 Rest in Peace Tommy Jackson 1981
 18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run