Jedd Black
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Mazzuola 1852 lived a man named Jedd Black.
He was sheriff of this county for as long as I can think back.
He shot a man one night and that still haunts him to this day
in his story of revenge proves it never pays.
Well Jedd he came home early from his sheriff job in town
to finish up his crops before the sun set down.
An extra horse in his barn well he thought he recognized.
Well this could only mean one thing, somebody was with his wife.
A darkness in his heart and a sadness in his eyes
with a stone look on his face, he rides the mountain side.
He prays please oh Lord forgive me for all that I have done.
I never should have sought revenge through the barrel of a gun.
Now he don't sleep at night,
he just walks the floor.
He doesn't stand a chance in hell to go to heaven anymore.
And sometimes in his town, he sees his cheatin wife.
He thinks to himself he shoulda killed
her instead of takin his brothers life.
He shot his mothers youngest son and for that he is condemned.
He wakes up in the mornin one day closer to the end.
To the end of all his sorrows, to the end of his revenge.
he's headed for the gates of hell where his new life will begin.
The darkness in his heart and sadness in his eyes
with a stone look on his face, he rides the mountain side.
He prays please oh Lord forgive me for all that I have done.
I never should have sought revenge through the barrel of a gun.
Mazzuola 1852 lived a man named Jedd Black.
He was sheriff of this county for as long as I can think back.