Your honor sir, I'm d[D]ying, that's the reason that I'm [A]here [D]
The [G]cancer's got my [D]body, I'll be [G]dead within a [D]year
I'll be [G]dead within a [D]year
[D]Tell me more good lady, don't leave [A]out a single [D]word
For I'll [G]come to my de[D]cision from the [G]testimony [D]heard
From the [G]testimony [D]heard
My [D]husband passed away no more [A]than a year [D]ago
But every [G]penny that he [D]left me to the [G]banker we did [D]owe
To the [G]banker we did [D]owe
When I [D]first was feelin' ill, they [A]said I'd be [D]okay
But they'd [G]need to run some [D]tests and take a [G]simple X-[D]ray
Just a [G]simple X-[D]ray
A[D]gain and again they called me, for more [A]tests they'd need to [D]run
And to ex[G]terminate the [D]cancer with their [G]radiation [D]gun
With their [G]radiation [D]gun
But I [D]never got no better as I'm [A]standing here [D]today
And they [G]left me with this [D]statement that I [G]can't afford to [D]pay
That I [G]can't afford to [D]pay
Well [D]what about your jewellery and your [A]lovely house and [D]home?
Could you [G]not have made a [D]sacrifice, to [G]step down from your [D]throne?
To [G]step down from your [D]throne
Sir, I [D]never had the fancy things that [A]you and yours have [D]known
And we [G]never owned the [D]shackled house I [G]used to call my [D]home
I [G]used to call my [D]home
Well I'm [D]sorry for your trouble, and I'm [A]sorry that you're [D]ill
But it's my [G]duty to up[D]hold the law, an' up[G]hold the law I [D]will
Up[G]hold the law I [D]will
For your [D]failure to meet the judgement of this [A]court and pay the [D]fee
I [G]sentence you to [D]twelve months in the [G]penitentia[D]ry
In the [G]penitentia[D]ry
In this [D]system of justice, of oppor[A]tunity, and [D]grief
It's one [G]thing to make a [D]living, a[G]nother to be a [D]thief
A[G]nother to be a [D]thief
The [G]cancer's got my [D]body, I'll be [G]dead within a [D]year
I'll be [G]dead within a [D]year
[D]Tell me more good lady, don't leave [A]out a single [D]word
For I'll [G]come to my de[D]cision from the [G]testimony [D]heard
From the [G]testimony [D]heard
My [D]husband passed away no more [A]than a year [D]ago
But every [G]penny that he [D]left me to the [G]banker we did [D]owe
To the [G]banker we did [D]owe
When I [D]first was feelin' ill, they [A]said I'd be [D]okay
But they'd [G]need to run some [D]tests and take a [G]simple X-[D]ray
Just a [G]simple X-[D]ray
A[D]gain and again they called me, for more [A]tests they'd need to [D]run
And to ex[G]terminate the [D]cancer with their [G]radiation [D]gun
With their [G]radiation [D]gun
But I [D]never got no better as I'm [A]standing here [D]today
And they [G]left me with this [D]statement that I [G]can't afford to [D]pay
That I [G]can't afford to [D]pay
Well [D]what about your jewellery and your [A]lovely house and [D]home?
Could you [G]not have made a [D]sacrifice, to [G]step down from your [D]throne?
To [G]step down from your [D]throne
Sir, I [D]never had the fancy things that [A]you and yours have [D]known
And we [G]never owned the [D]shackled house I [G]used to call my [D]home
I [G]used to call my [D]home
Well I'm [D]sorry for your trouble, and I'm [A]sorry that you're [D]ill
But it's my [G]duty to up[D]hold the law, an' up[G]hold the law I [D]will
Up[G]hold the law I [D]will
For your [D]failure to meet the judgement of this [A]court and pay the [D]fee
I [G]sentence you to [D]twelve months in the [G]penitentia[D]ry
In the [G]penitentia[D]ry
In this [D]system of justice, of oppor[A]tunity, and [D]grief
It's one [G]thing to make a [D]living, a[G]nother to be a [D]thief
A[G]nother to be a [D]thief
