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Who Done It?

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Who Done It?

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It was a rainy night

And all the windows were tight

And there were thirteen people in the house

The owner and his wife

The butler and his wife

Cook with her knife

A couple named Smythe

The Andersons were there

With another strange pair

And the scary caretaker and me

The clock struck one, there was the sound of a gun

And I heard somebody run away

And the twelve who were alive had terror in their eyes

And I overheard the Andersons say

Who could have done it?

Who could have done it

And I wonder where's the cook and her knife

Madam, said Adam, with his wife by his side,

It was the shot we heard that took her life

The other couple named Sloan and I ran to the phone

To call the police, but just then

All the power went out

And we heard a great shout

And we knew for some-one else it was the end

And when the power came on

We were shocked with alarm

For instead of being twelve we were ten

Who could have done it?

Who could have done it?

The Andersons were such a nice pair

Now the owner and his wife

Both afraid of their life

So they hurried to the door to run away

But before they got there

There was a whistle through the air,

Then another, then they both had passed away

There were seven of us let now

Afraid of death now

But I knew it wasn't me or the Sloans

Cause when the power went out

And we heard the others shout

We were out there in the hallway on the phone

That left the butler and his wife

And the couple named Smythe

And the old scary caretaker too

So the Sloans and I

Who were both afraid to die

Had to think of something quick we could do

So we called the Smythes

And the butler and his wife

And we gathered in the drawing room

But before we could call for the caretaker too

It was too late for he had met his doom

It looked like poison

That left five, five, five were still alive

The Sloans, the Smythes and myself

Once again the lights went out

and I heard a great shout

From both the Smythes and the Sloans

And then the light went on again

And I looked around again

And everybody was dead

And I was alone...

Well, I must have past out

For the next thing I knew

I was awakened with my hands in chains

There was a man with a gun

And he said don't bother son

You'll have plenty of time to explain

I was rushed to a car

Then taken to a cell

And a lawyer came in and said his name

He said I'm sure you told the truth

But the truth is my boy

To believe it the judge would be insane

Now before I pass sentence on you

Have you anything to say?

I said, are you kidding?

I said, this must be a dream

I said, this can't be real

you don't believe a word that I have said

And then he looked me in the eye

And said have mercy on his soul

And I was hanged

By the neck

Until dead

Have mercy

Hey

Wait a minute, hey stop

Would you mind rewinding that last sentence

I mean, hang by the what?

Until when?

Hey, listen. I think you made a little

I mean I think you made a large mistake here

First of all

I was in Colorado,

Having breakfast with a nun, okay?

What do you mean, there is nothing to get hung up about

I mean, you should be up here

Hey, have you ever heard of the word appeal?

Well, I'm about to appeal you of that bench in a minute

Unless you change that decision

Listen, I got a lot, I mean I had a lot of friends in this town

Hey I want to see my congress, man.

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