Lookin' back now
I probably should've
let him run
He smelled like gin
with a hint of her
Up 'til then
I wasn't sure
But he swaggered by and said
The boys said to tell you hey
Now he's kicked back
in his easy chair
Holdin' a fifth
Tappin' the barrel
Of a fresh cleaned steel blue
polished up '38
And I was kind of hopin'
he'd at least look scared
But all he said was okay
She was good
and you don't dare
Lookin' back now
I probably should've
let him run
Paybacks are ****
where I come from
And any fool should know
You don't look a woman
in the eye and smile
She knows what you've done
And she's holdin'
whiskey and a gun
Ah ah ah
Well the sun shines gray
in the prison yard
Life to go was goin' hard
When the warden started
gettin' sweet on me
He drugged me up to his
room one night
Poured me some 'skey
Gave me a light
And I smoked slow
and waited 'til he was done
And I thought that was that
'Til he got rough
and I fought back
And when I grabbed his pistol
He laughed and said
Girl you ain't got the guts
Lookin' back now
I probably should've
let him run
Paybacks are ****
where I come from
And any fool should know
You don't look a woman
in the eye and smile
She knows what you've done
And she's holdin'
whiskey and a gun
La da ta da ta da ta da da
Whiskey and a gun
La da ta da da da da da da
Oo oo oo oo oo
They're strappin' me down
And I'm scared to die
I ain't the kind of
girl to cry
But I find myself
beggin' God for mercy
My hands are cold
as I'm startin' to slip
Sodium theopentol drips
The room goes black
and I wonder if He heard me
Lookin' back now
I probably should've
let him run
I bet paybacks are **** there
where I'm goin'
But any fool should know
You don't look a woman
in the eye and smile
When she knows
what you've done
And she's holdin'
whiskey and a gun
La da ta da ta da ta da da
Whiskey and a gun
La da ta da da da da da da
Whiskey and a gun
La da ta da ta no no no no
Whiskey and a gun
La da ta da da da da da da
Oh oh oh oh oh
La da ta da ta da ta da da