Crack a mean whip, carry a big gunnCast a long shadow till the day is donenDo ninety miles an hour down the Devil's trailnDone hard time in a hundred jailsnNo one can forgive me but my babynNo one can forgive me but my babynNo one can forgive me but my babynnNow Jesus don't know, Mary don't knownPreacher don't know, Momma don't knownDaddy don't know, my brother don't knownSt. John don't know, St. Peter don't knownNo one can forgive me but my babynnI took a hundred dollars from a blind man's handnI slept with the whores on the burnin' sandnGot twenty-seven children I've never seennGot blood on my hands that will never come cleannI got long arms, tell big liesnStole the pennies from my dear mother's eyesnI'm tall in the saddle, about six foot ninenI beat up revenuers all the timenNo one can forgive me but my babynOh, no one can forgive me but my babynnI got a mean temper, I'm a big liarnBroke all the laws, set the house on firenWhen I stand before Jesus and he asks me to kneelnI'll tell him maybe we can make a dealnNo one can forgive me but my babynNo one can forgive me but my babynnI don't pay no bills, I don't say no prayersnGive back nothin', and I take all daresnStole a car and I got me a gunnIf there ain't no road I'm gonna make me onenBroke my baby's heart, and I whip my dognI don't say nothin' when I meet my GodnNo one can forgive me but my babynNo one can forgive me but my babynnNo one can forgive me but my babynNo one can forgive me but my babynNo one can forgive me but my babynForgive me, baby