Bad Deeds

I shouted to plead with the gang

"It wasn't me, I didn't shoot!"

But the crowd continued

Clambering at me full throttle

I took my gun out and began to fire

One by one they each fell

I must have put down twenty men

Had to reload six times

So it was closer to twenty-five

Killed all those sons of bitches

Murdered them 'cuz they would

Have I

All for the mistaken identity

The real killer is still loose

My bad deeds were in self defense

But his victim didn't deserve to die

The posse after me, well they had

It coming, you know?

They were asking for it

Kissed the ring

and I forged the steel

Never wavered

To trip now would throw away

Everything I worked so hard

To build

and to maintain

Brave little friends

Sink below the trembling fears

and demonstrate defeat

Romanticize the bad deeds

The flock has spoken

Bell has tolled