[00:11.33] Well, I'm grindin' my life out, steady and sure [00:14.99] Nothin' more wretched than what I must endure [00:18.78] I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sun [00:22.87] I could stone you to death for the wrongs that you done [00:27.15] Sooner or later, you make a mistake [00:32.10] I put you in a chain that you never will break [00:36.53] Legs and arms and body and bone [00:41.04] I pay in blood but not my own [00:45.76] Night after night, day after day [01:00.39] They strip your useless hopes away [01:04.38] The more I take, the more I give [01:09.10] The more I die, the more I live [01:13.60] I got somethin' in my pocket make your eyeballs swim [01:18.06] I got dogs could tear you limb from limb [01:22.54] I'm circlin' around the Southern Zone [01:27.59] I pay in blood but not my own [01:32.09] A low cards are what I've got [01:45.93] But I'll play this hand whether I like it or not [01:50.50] I'm sworn to uphold the laws of God [01:55.36] You can put me out in front of a firin' squad [01:59.69] I been out and around with the risin' men [02:04.27] Just like you, my handsome friend [02:09.09] My head's so hard, must be made of stone [02:13.54] I pay in blood but not my own [02:28.41] Another politician comin' out the abyss [02:31.11] Another angry beggar blowin' you a kiss [02:36.59] You got the same eyes that your mother does [02:40.81] If only you could prove who your father was [02:45.92] Someone must of slipped a drug in yer wine [02:50.70] You gulped it down and you cross the line [02:55.83] Man can't live by bread alone [02:59.15] I pay in blood but not my own [03:05.20] How I made it back home? Nobody knows [03:18.22] Or how I survived so many blows? [03:23.42] I been through hell, what good did it do? [03:27.45] You bastard! I'm suppose to respect you! [03:32.62] I'll give you justice, I'll fathom your purse [03:36.56] Show me your moral that you reversed [03:41.00] I hear me holler, I hear me moan [03:45.69] I pay in blood but not my own [04:00.95] You get your lover in the bed [04:04.78] Come here, I'll break your lousy head [04:09.29] Our nation must be saved and freed [04:14.15] You been accused of murder, how do you plead? [04:18.24] This is how I spend my days [04:23.34] I came to bury, not to raise [04:27.74] I'll drink my fill and sleep alone [04:32.54] I play in blood but not my own [04:37.58]