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He smelled like gin with a hint of her Up 'till then I wasn't sure But he swaggered by and said "The boys said to tell you hey" And I was kicked back in his easy chair Holding a fifth Tapping the barrel of a fresh clean steel blue polished up .38 And I was kinda hoping he'd at least look scared But all he said was "OK, she was good and you don't dare" Looking back now I probably should've let him run But paybacks are hell where I come from 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 The sun shines grey in the prison yard Life to go was going hard When the warden started getting sweet on me He drug me up to a room one night Poured me some 'ski Gave me a light and I smoked slow And waited 'till he was done And I thought that was that 'Till he got rough And I fought back And when I grabbed his pistol He laughed and said, "Girl, you ain't got the guts" Looking back now I probably should've let him run But paybacks are hell where I come from 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 They're strapping me down And I'm scared to die And I ain't the kinda girl to cry But I find myself begging God for mercy My hands are cold as I start to slip Sodium thiopental drips The room goes black And I wonder if He heard me Looking back now I probably should've let him run I bet paybacks are hell there where I'm going 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 holding whiskey and a gun