Swing Me Low

He was a calm, cool devil
With a smooth ultimatum
Have some fun or you're gone on the run
Yeah, he loved those church bells
But he spent his time in hell
Goes to bed with a morning sun

See, this kind of sinful living
Will leave you reminiscing
And all the things that a man should have done
All the hell that was raised
While he's keeping up with Cane
But he never even packed a gun

So swing me low, low down
Hangin' by the edge of a tree
With a heart that's cold as ice
As I'm swallowed by their lies
That's an innocent man to me

Well, a man's found dead again
At the local bar of sin
And they think they finally got him nailed down
Yeah, he should have wore a vest
He takes 'em all to the chest
Breathin' .45 hollow point rounds
What the judge just don't know
He was hangin' half-baked
At a bar way down in the sticks

He was caught up in her eyes
And as he took a shot of pride
He let his fingers roll down to her hips
When the shooter, he looked down
And saw the love they were making
He felt his temper find a jealous fit of rage
He threw the .45 inside
Where it was hidden from their eyes
And then he called on Sheriff Page

So swing me low, low down
Hangin by the edge of a tree
With a heart that's cold as ice
As I'm swallowed by their lies
That's an innocent man to me

When I woke up late that morning
And the cops broke down the door
I didn't even have a chance to run
They thought just what I did
Was for a greater sin
Than making love to a bride on the run

Now I sit to write this song
To try and prove them wrong
For I didn't even carry with me a gun
She told me he was crazy
So I left with his lady
Now I'm swinging with the morning sun

So swing me low, low down
Hanging by the edge of a tree
With a heart that's cold as ice
As I'm swallowed by their lies
That's an innocent man to me

With a heart that's cold as ice
As I'm swallowed by their lies
That's an innocent man to me

That's an innocent man to me