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Artist: Bob Schneider
Canonical path: /bob-schneider/chilly-mcgillis
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Chilly McGillis
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Chilly McGillis
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My name's chilly mcgillis I'm my momma's only son
My father was a stranger he was always on the run
My momma was a prostitute my heart it weighs a ton
My name's chilly mcgillis I'm my momma's only son
I grew up down in Detroit on the wrong side of the law
Hard times and degradation was all I ever saw
And for my thirteenth birthday I bought myself a gun
My name's chilly mcgillis I'm my momma's only son
The heaven's shook the thunder crashed
The lighting lined the sky
The day I drew my first breath
I knew one day that I
Would stand before the whole world
Triumphant in the sun
My name's chilly mcgillis I'm my momma's only son
I went down to the bayou I killed a man down there
I threw his body in the swamp I didn't even care
I heard a voice inside me say the trouble's just begun
My name's chilly mcgillis I'm my momma's only son
I went to Sacramento met a woman there one night
I took her keys and credit card and then I took her life
She tried to get away but I just could not be outrun
My name's chilly mcgillis I'm my momma's only son
Got arrested in El Paso got sentenced in la
Spent six years on death row and they're killing me today
And when they pull the switch my short life will be done
My name's chilly mcgillis I am an only son
My name's chilly mcgillis I'm my momma's only son
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