It wasn't gambling that caused me
to kill my friend Peter Blue (2x)
If you caught your best friend with your wife
you'd do the same thing too
When they strapped on the lie detector
the needle kept going up and down (2x)
And they knew I was lying
since I first sat down
So I spoke to my conscious
and asked what should I do (2x)
My conscious said "Shorty,
I would plead guilty if I were you"
So I stood up on my feet
and raised up my right hand (2x)
I said "Judge, I'm confessin'.
I shot my woman's man"
So the prosecutor asked me
"Shorty, why did you kill that man?" (2x)
I said "If you've never been in love
then you wouldn't understand"
When I signed my confession this is what I wrote (2x)
That I'm throwing myself on the mercy of the court
When the jury found me guilty my womans eyes were full of tears (2x)
They thought it was manslaughter, I got from 1 to 20 years.
Baby one year ain't no sentence
and twenty years ain't no time (2x)
And if love lasts, I see you when I do my time
to kill my friend Peter Blue (2x)
If you caught your best friend with your wife
you'd do the same thing too
When they strapped on the lie detector
the needle kept going up and down (2x)
And they knew I was lying
since I first sat down
So I spoke to my conscious
and asked what should I do (2x)
My conscious said "Shorty,
I would plead guilty if I were you"
So I stood up on my feet
and raised up my right hand (2x)
I said "Judge, I'm confessin'.
I shot my woman's man"
So the prosecutor asked me
"Shorty, why did you kill that man?" (2x)
I said "If you've never been in love
then you wouldn't understand"
When I signed my confession this is what I wrote (2x)
That I'm throwing myself on the mercy of the court
When the jury found me guilty my womans eyes were full of tears (2x)
They thought it was manslaughter, I got from 1 to 20 years.
Baby one year ain't no sentence
and twenty years ain't no time (2x)
And if love lasts, I see you when I do my time