Southern Justice

from Leave the World Behind by Scattered Ashes

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Verse 1
Well I ain’t got no reason, I ain’t got no rhyme
Just sitting here in prison and I’m just doin all my time
See I know how I got here, just don’t know why
I seem to remember, I had to watch my brother die
He was 25 years old when that state trooper took his soul
But what that trooper didn’t know
Is that he just shot Billy Joe

Chorus
You won’t live your life in vein
A life that caused you so much pain
Your brother has some blood to drain
And I’ll be on that midnight train yea

Verse 2
You know when Billy Joe was born you know his momma had to go
You know his momma had go because little Billy Jo was slow
You know his daddy was there, but no he wasn’t around
He just held on to that bottle after my momma left town
Well there comes a time in a boy’s life when you’ve gotta grow up fast
If I don’t raise ol’ Billy by myself, he’ll surely never last

(Chorus)

One day ol’ Billy rode into town in the back of my truck
Even though he wouldn’t hurt soul, well he didn’t have much luck
We were all on highway 45 somewhere near the state line
By the time they pulled us over
They’ve made up their minds

(Chorus)

credits

from Leave the World Behind, released October 2, 2016
Vocals and Lyrics: Jon Reynolds
Guitars: Richard Dickerson
Bass: Joe Zuhlsdorf
Drums: David Dickerson
Engineering, Mixing and Mastering: James Linton

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