Lyrics Nebraska - Acoustic - Aoife O'Donovan

I saw her standing on her front lawn
Just twirling her baton
Me and her went for a ride, sir
And ten innocent people died
From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska
With a sawed-off .410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of Wyoming
I killed everything in my path

I can't say that I'm sorry
For the things that we've done
At least for a little while, sir
Me and her we had us some fun
Sheriff, when the man pulls that switch, sir
And snaps my poor neck back
You make sure my pretty baby
Is sittin' right there on my lap

Now, the jury brought in a guilty verdict
And the judge he sentenced me to death
Midnight in a prison storeroom
With leather straps across my chest
They declared me unfit to live
Said into this great void my soul would be hurled

They wanna know why I did what I did
Well, sir, I guess there's just a meanness in this world

Hmm-mm
Hmm-mm
They wanna know why I did what I did
Well, sir, I guess there's just a meanness in this world