Once I had me a woman
Everything was goin' my way
She thought I had hung the moon
and she had an angel's face
Til' one night I pulled in my drive
and somethin' was goin' on
There was a long bed Ford in my spot
that I damn sure didn't own
I walked up to the screen door
and I heard this awful noise
I moved on to the living room
and there sat my two boys
I said "Where's mama?"
And they both pointed
to the bedroom down the hall
Now, I ain't ever been a fightin' man
but red was all I saw
See brother 'cause I've been down
and I've been out and I know how it feels
To stand up for what you think is right
then get knocked off your heels
And if murderin' a man who didn't understand
just what she meant to me
Means I'll rot here in this cell for eternity
Well then mister I'm as guilty as can be
Well I wish I had me a picture
of what his face looked like
When I kicked in my bedroom door
and raised my 45
I said I ain't the kind to hurt a woman
and I hope you understand
Somebody's got to die today
Son, it looks like you're the man
See brother 'cause I've been down
and I've been out and I know how it feels
To stand up for what you think is right
then get knocked off your heels
And if murderin' a man who didn't understand
just what she meant to me
Means I'll rot here in this cell for eternity
Well then mister I'm as guilty as can be
That's what I told that jury
That's what I told that judge
And I knew there'd be hell to pay
if I fulfilled my grudge
See I don't mind these prison bars
tucked off in these pine trees
But one thing about that cheatin' woman
She won't cheat again on me
See brother 'cause I've been down
and I've been out and I know how it feels
To stand up for what you think is right
then get knocked off your heels
And if murderin' a man who didn't understand
just what she meant to me
Means I'll rot here in this cell for eternity
Well then mister I'm as guilty as can be
I said if murderin' a man
who didn't understand
just what she meant to me
Means I'll rot here in this cell for eternity
Well then mister I'm as guilty as can be
Cody Johnson 
