The Third Degree

They accused me of forgery I couldn't write my name They accused me of lookin' And I didn't see a thing Didn't mean to cause no trouble And I meant no bodily harm All I had was this body And the muscle in this arm They gave me the third degree They hung me from a tree third-degree And they're givin' me the third degree But it's plain to see Without a learned degree I didn't know a choppin' hoe Could bring a mountain down They're givin' me the third-degree They hung me from a tree that third-degree She came down thе turn row With a bucket in her hand She brought Albеrta peaches And they all knew I's her man She didn't have no business Hangin' out down where they were An' everybody wants something And they all wanted her They're givin' me the third degree But it's plain to see Without a learned degree I didn't know a choppin' hoe Could bring a mountain down They're givin' me the third-degree They hung me from a tree that third-degree That third-degree Sittin' with my peaches When I heard her crying out Peaches in my pocket And blood here on this ground They took her away from me They took her away from me They took her away from me in a third-degree In a third-degree it's a third-degree --- The Third Degree - Aaron Lewis