Intro verse 1 I saw her standin' on her front lawn Just a-twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride sir And ten innocent people died verse 2 From the town of Lincoln Nebraska With a sawed-off .410 on my lap Through the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path Interlude verse 3 I can't say that I am sorry For the things that we done At least for a little while sir, me and her we had us some fun verse 4 Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir And snaps my poor neck back You make sure my pretty baby Is sittin' right there on my lap Interlude Verse 5 Now the jury brought in a guilty verdict And the judge sentenced me to death Midnight in a prison storeroom With leather straps across my chest Verse 6 They declared me unfit to live, Said into that great void my soul'd be hurled They want to know why I did what I did Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world Interlude Hmmm Hmmm Outro They want to know why I did what I did Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world