Ballad of a Young Married Man

I heard a pistol blast, a baby cry, I heard a woman scream I took a moment to compose myself and take in what I had seen I caught a glimpse of everything I've done and every man i've been I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus it would all be for the best But he just turned away the night I took a bullet in my chest Well I'd had 25 years to make my mark and stake my claim And I admit that I'd enjoyed the notoriety and fame You see I bought a gun and married young, the two are much the same I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus I could be like all the rest But he abandoned me the night I took a bullet in my chest Oh Lord, won't you forgive me for my sins, please Father set me free Won't you open up your gates and let me in There are a million men as bad as me You see I had money and I had power I could have anything that I liked And I would work and I would drink and occasionally I'd fight There were friends and there were lovers, but the differences were slight And when their eyes would fall upon me, they were always so impressed But I was powerless the night I took a bullet in my chest They found me buried in a landfill, seven hours from my home They picked her up a few days later, once her heart had turned to stone She said she'd love me til the end but all along she should've known She closed her eyes and prayed to Jesus then she quietly confessed That it was her that fired the shot that put that bullet in my chest Oh Lord, won't you forgive me for my sins, please Father set me free Won't you open up your gates and let me in There are a million men as bad as me Oh girl won't you forgive me for my sins, please darlin' set me free Won't you open up your gates and let me in There are a million men as bad as me There are a thousand men as bad as me There are so many men as bad as me