my terrible ways

my terrible ways

they got me in jail

where some did succeed

i always did fail

but i thought i was fine to wait for the day

when i'd paid for my terrible ways

my terrible ways

they came to an end

when a mighty deluge freed the criminal men

but i stayed in mississippi and three souls i saved

and so ended my terrible ways

terrible ways

terrible ways

sooner or later a criminal pays

and i'll never have enough

enough

to pay this off

terrible ways

terrible ways

sooner or later a criminal pays

and i'll never have enough

enough

to pay this off

my terrible ways

the governor forgave

on account of three souls and account of the wave

that took my wife and baby and swept them away

all 'cause of my terrible ways

terrible ways

terrible ways

sooner or later i know i'm going to pay

and i'll never have enough

enough

to pay this off