Dead Man Walking

THE CITIES WAKING HALF MOON IN THE SKY THE DREAM WAS OVER, HE KNEW THAT SHE WOULD CRY HE HAD TO LEAVE HER BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE IF THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS CERTAIN OF HIS FATE YOUNG AND PRETTY, HE COULD GIVE HER FIFTEEN YEARS SHE THOUGHT SHE LOVED HIM, BLINDED TO THE FEARS A WIFE AT HOME AND A FAMILY GROWING FAST THESE STOLEN MOMENTS WHERE NEVER MEANT TO LAST CHORUS NOW SHE'S DONE ALL THE TALKING AN HE'S A DEAD MAN WALKING WORDS ON THE STREET AN THE WHOLE TOWN IS TALKING ONE STOLEN KISS, ONE MORE BULLET TO MISS HE'S A DEAD MAN, A DEAD MAN WALKING DARK CLOUDS GATHER THE LOCUSTS SWARM THIS WAS ONLY THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM HE'D PICKED THE ROSE, SHE'D PICKED THE THORN HE'D CURSE THE DAY, THE DAY THAT HE WAS BORN THE SOUND OF SIRENS HARD AND SHRILL THE HUNT WAS ON THEY WERE OUT FOR THE KILL THE JUDGES DAUGHTER NO RULES APPLY A CHANCE TO PLEAD, NOWHERE TO HIDE CHORUS TOSSED A COIN AND WATCHED IT FALL HE KNOWS HIS BACKS AGAINST THE WALL THERES NO GOING BACK NOWHERE TO TURN NO TIME TO DREAM TO LATE TO LEARN EACH MOMENT SPENT LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER HIS FUTURES BLEAK BUT STILL LOVE SMOULDERS HIS DAYS NOW DRENCHED IN HIS REGRET FOR NEED