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They Went That-A Way Lyrics by Peter Gallway

On the Bandstand

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40 miles from water
40 miles from the hell
40 miles from nowhere
God bless this home
I don't pack no six gun
I don't pack no rye
I got me sweet little jackknife
Good dog running by my side

They went that-a-way
They went that-a-way
If you ask me to get up
Say it to a judge
I ain't seen nothing
And I ain't gonna budge

I used to be a bad gambler
I used to be a worse drunk
I never made such a good life
As a thief, I just wasn't much
I lost me a leg in a lock-up
I lost me an eye in a fight
I lost some teeth to bad whiskey
The Lord madе Saturday night

They went that-a-way
They wеnt that-a-way
If you ask me to get up
Say it to a judge
I ain't seen nothing
And I ain't gonna budge

You know I've tried my luck as a miner
I've tried my hand as a cook
I thank God that they never made me a sailor
In a way I kind of wish I'd never learned to read a book
Oh, well, I've panned for gold in a gully
I've dug for diamonds in a ditch
I've sloshed the oil in the Gulf Stream
You know they say I tried to kill one son of a bitch

They went that-a-way
They went that-a-way
If you ask me to get up
Say it to a judge
I ain't seen nothing
And I ain't gonna budge

I ain't seen nothing
And I ain't saying budge
They went that-a-way
(That-a-way)

About “They Went That-A Way” by Peter Gallway

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"They Went That-A Way" appears on "On the Bandstand".

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