Trouble With The Law

from Getting Into Trouble by Markus Rill

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Trouble With The Law
(Markus Rill)

South of Snake Ridge
just a few miles out of town
Sherriff Joseph P. Hawkins was aiming
to shoot a black man down
he got hit by a bullet that he never even saw
Bobby Lloyd Wright got in trouble with the law

From then on everybody knew his name
and the price on his head
he never cared for Hawkins
but he had his regrets
for bringing shame on the name of his Pa
by getting into trouble with the law

His horse was wild
and Bobby Lloyd was young
he grew old fast living on the run
people stood and stared at him in awe
he was running out from trouble with the law

He met a preacher’s daughter
way down Galveston way
she had a boy child coming
but Bobby Lloyd couldn’t stay
she got word one day that he died in Wichita
that’s what you get
for getting into trouble with the law

Now I got my Daddy’s blood
running through my veins
like a badge of honor
I carry his name
and I ain’t no source of pride for my Ma
for I just might get in trouble,

I just might get in trouble with the law
Could be Texas, Tennessee or Arkansas
you just might find me
running into trouble with the law

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from Getting Into Trouble, released April 17, 2018
Markus – vocal, acoustic guitar, harp
Dave Coleman – electric guitars, vocal
Didi Beck – upright bass
Leonardo von Papp – drums

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