It wasn't gambling that cause me To kill my friend Peter Blue It wasn't gambling that cause me To kill my friend Peter Blue If you caught your best friend with your wife You'd do the same thing too When they strapped on the lie detector The needle kept going up and down When they strapped on the lie detector The needle kept going up and down And they knew I were lyin' Since I first sat down So I spoke to my conscious And asked what should I do Yes, I spoke to my conscious And asked what should I do My conscious said shorty I would plead guilty if I were you So I stood up on my feet And raised up my right hand So I stood up on my feet And raised up my right hand I said Judge I'm confessing I shot my woman's man So the prosecutor asked me Shorty, why did you kill that man? So the prosecutor asked me Shorty, why did you kill that man? I said if you've never been in love Then you wouldn't understand When I signed my confession This is what I wrote When I signed my confession This is what I wrote That I'm throwing myself On the mercy of the court When the jury found me guilty My woman's eyes were full of tears When the jury found me guilty My woman's eyes were full of tears The verdict was manslaughter I got from 1 to 20 years Baby, 1 year ain't no sentence And 20 years ain't no time Baby, 1 year ain't no sentence And 20 years ain't no time And if I pass I'll see you when I dig my time
