D A D Your honor sir, I'm dying, that's the reason that I'm here G D G D The cancer's got my body, I'll be dead within a year G D I'll be dead within a year D A D Tell me more good lady, don't leave out a single word G D G D For I'll come to my decision from the testimony heard G D From the testimony heard D A D My husband passed away no more than a year ago G D G D But every penny that he left me to the banker we did owe G D To the banker we did owe D A D When I first was feelin' ill, they said I'd be okay G D G D But they'd need to run some tests and take a simple X-ray G D Just a simple X-ray D A D Again and again they called me, for more tests they'd need to run G D G D And to exterminate the cancer with their radiation gun G D With their radiation gun D A D But I never got no better as I'm standing here today G D G D And they left me with this statement that I can't afford to pay G D That I can't afford to pay D A D Well what about your jewellery and your lovely house and home? G D G D Could you not have made a sacrifice, to step down from your throne? G D To step down from your throne D A D Sir, I never had the fancy things that you and yours have known G D G D And we never owned the shackled house I used to call my home G D I used to call my home D A D Well I'm sorry for your trouble, and I'm sorry that you're ill G D G D But it's my duty to uphold the law, an' uphold the law I will G D Uphold the law I will D A D For your failure to meet the judgement of this court and pay the fee G D G D I sentence you to twelve months in the penitentiary G D In the penitentiary D A D In this system of justice, of opportunity, and grief G D G D It's one thing to make a living, another to be a thief G D Another to be a thief
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