Twenty Years Lyrics

Twenty Years

(D. Yoakam)

 

 Hey look yonder, Henry, comes the sheriff

 And he's carrying a warrant in his hand

 Don't you run, poor old Henry, for he'll shoot you

 Not long will you be a free man

 

 Chorus:

 Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars

 For a crime that you did not do

 Yeah the lie she swore in that district court

 Has proved to be the ruin of you

 

 Tried to warn you, Henry, not to cross her

 Tried to tell you about her vengeful ways

 When you turned and left her for another

 She swore, Henry, that she'd make you pay

 

 Chorus:

 Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars

 For a crime that you did not do

 Yeah the lie she swore in that district court

 Has proved to be the ruin of you

 

 Listen well, all you young rounders

 Heed the lesson poor old Henry never learned

 That even hell with all its fiery power

 Hath no fury like a woman's scorn

 

 Chorus:

 Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars

 For a crime that you did not do

 Yeah the lie she swore in that district court

 Has proved to be the ruin of you

 

 Yeah the lie she swore in that district court

 Has proved to be the ruin of you