Guilty as charged
But damn it, it ain't right
There's someone else controlling me

Death in the air
Strapped in the electric chair
This can't be happening to me

Who made you God to say
"I'll take your life from you"

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Wait for the sign
To flick the switch of death
It's the beginning of the end

Sweat, chilling cold
As I watch death unfold
Consciousness my only friend

My fingers grip with fear
What am I doing here?

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame

Someone help me
Oh, please God help me
They're trying to take it all away
I don't want to die

Someone help me
Oh, please, God, help me
They're trying to take it all away
I don't want to die

Time moving slow
The minutes seem like hours
The final curtain call I see

How true is this?
Just get it over with
If this is true, just let it be

Wakened by horrid scream
Freed from this frightening dream

Flash before my eyes
Now it's time to die
Burning in my brain
I can feel the flame


Ronnie

Story starts, quiet town
Small town boy, big time frown
Never talks, never plays
Diff'rent path, lost his way

Then streets of red, red I'm afraid
There's no confetti, no parade
Nothing happens in this boring place
But, oh my god, how it all did change

Now they all pray
Blood stain wash away

He said
"Lost my way this bloody day
Lost my way"
I heard him
He said
"Lost my way this bloody day
Lost my way"
All things wash away
But blood stained the sun red today

I always said, "Somethin' wrong
With little strange Ronnie Long"
Never laughed, never smiled
Talked alone for miles and miles and miles

Gallow calls, "Son," I say
"Keep your smile and laugh all day
Think once again in this boring place
For little boys, how they soon change"

Now they all pray
Blood stain wash away

He said
"Lost my way this bloody day
Lost my way"
Yeah, I heard him
He said
"Lost my way this bloody day
Lost my way"
All things wash away
But blood stained the sun red today

Yeah

Yeah, well, all the green things died
When Ronnie moved to this place
He said, "Don't you dare ask
Why I'm cursed to wear this face"
Well, now we all know why
The children called him "Ronnie Frown"
When he pulled that gun from his pocket
And they all fall down, down, down

He said
"Lost my way this bloody day
Lost my way"
Yeah, yeah, I heard him
He screamed
"Lost my way this bloody day
Lost my way"
All things wash away
But blood stained the sun red today, ah

That's right
All things wash away
And they all fall down, down
But blood stained the sun today
Yeah, yeah
All things wash away
And they all fall down
But blood stained the sun today

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