Well, a hammer fell
down on a .44 Primer
And that was one
less problem in South
Carolina tonight
Wrong or right
She just looked to me
as she finished her tale
The blank expression
went another pale shade of gray
There was nothing to say
In the shadows of her face
I saw the scars
That you get when you live
where love is hard
And she said
Don't you sit and judge me
from some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug it off
until you've walked
a mile in my bare feet
There are people that you
pass by every day
With harder cards
than yours in life to play
Well, I put the cuffs
on her and sat her in the car
Walked inside, he was layin
on the floor stone dead
Been shot in the head
There were whiskey bottles
and dope by the chair
A starving baby
with nothing to wear but tears
So the picture was clear
He had finally pushed her way
across the line
And the badge
I wore was losing all its shine
And she said
Don't you sit and judge me
from some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug it off
until you've walked
a mile in my bare feet
There are people that you
pass by every day
With harder cards
than yours in life to play
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I just stood there
thinkin' how justice is blind
But after thirty five years
you learn to read the signs
So I made up my mind
I took the cuffs of her
and I walked her back in
Wiped the gun off
and wrapped it in his right hand
Where it should've been
And the morning paper
read in black and white
It's just another senseless
case of suicide Suicide
but don't you sit and judge me
from some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug it off until
you've walked
a mile along my beat
There are people that you
pass by every day
With harder cards
than yours in life to play
Well, a hammer fell
down on a .44 Primer
And that was one
less problem in South
Carolina tonight