[00:00.00]Bars Across the Windows (Original Mix) - Sheb Wooley
[00:04.91]Bars across the windows bars across the door
[00:08.84]I'm locked behind these everlastin' bars forever more
[00:12.80]Take away these bars across the windows bars across the door
[00:17.47]I'm locked behind these everlastin' bars forever more
[00:21.85]Well uh tell me your story son
[00:24.94]It was late one evening as the sun went down
[00:29.49]Money in my pocket as I rode into town
[00:33.68]I saw my sweetheart in the arms of dashin' billy brown
[00:38.23]In a flash of anger I shot old billy down
[00:42.73]Now I've got bars across the windows bars across the door
[00:47.38]I'm locked behind these everlastin' bars forever more
[00:52.27]Uh then what did you do son
[00:55.46]Billy lay so quiet his lips as cold as clay
[00:59.37]I headed south for Texas a thousand miles away
[01:03.91]Headlines scream a warnin' killer on the run
[01:07.99]My luck played out in Texas looking down a ranger's gun
[01:12.80]Now I've got bars across the windows bars across the door
[01:17.55]I'm locked behind these everlastin' bars forever more
[01:22.06]Well what did they do to yuh boy
[01:25.04]The judge rapped down his mallet the court was hushed and quiet
[01:29.47]The jury brought the verdict I grew sick inside
[01:33.61]My sweetheart was crying vowed she loved me true
[01:37.78]As they led me to this jailhouse where I've got life to do
[01:42.58]Now I've got bars across the windows bars across the door
[01:47.27]I'm locked behind these everlastin' bars forever more
[01:51.87]Bars across the windows bars across the door
[01:55.83]I'm locked behind these everlastin' bars forever more