Eyes On Me

I was on a prison train bound through Tennessee

An officer, one another man and me

But I will slip away from here in the dark of a southern night

Or I would hang in Texas come the light

All that stands between a gallows death and being free

Is the iron ring that holds my shackle key

And I ain't never killed a man but I would dig down deep

And find the strength to choke him should he sleep

I won't face the gallows pole based on lies you'd said

That I forced my way unwelcome in your bed

You flirted with the jury and they fell for all your charms

The same way I fell into those arms

You just dropped the pressure cried in the man that you saw flee

And that he looked an awful lot like me

And I knew my life was over when the judge reached for the helve

So I memorized his face with the other twelve

Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me

Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me

Cause you're flirting with the devil

And that's one thing you don't need

Being brave is easy when there's nothing left to lose

And all you need's a spark to light the fuse

So I'll wrap my hands around his throat and I'll steal away his breath

And I will take new purpose from his death

And you can bet your pretty smile before I'm finally through

That I'll take everyone you ever knew

When all their pleas fall silent, as a debt for all your lies

That I'll come dim out the lights in your eyes

I'll come dim out the lights in your eyes

Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me

Ooh, don't lay your pretty eyes on me

Cause you were flirting with the devil

And that's one thing you don't need