[00:23.55]“Oh, help me in my weakness”“
[00:27.68]I heard the drifter say
[00:33.06]As they carried him from the courtroom
[00:36.36]And were taking him away
[00:41.69]“My trip hasn’t been a pleasant one“
[00:45.69]And my time it isn’t long
[00:50.75]And I still do not know
[00:54.44]What it was that I’ve done wrong”
[00:56.05]
[01:05.17]Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside
[01:09.23]A tear came to his eye
[01:10.79]
[01:14.26]“You fail to understand,” he said“
[01:18.26]“Why must you even try?”“
[01:23.54]Outside, the crowd was stirring
[01:26.82]You could hear it from the door
[01:32.36]Inside, the judge was stepping down
[01:36.10]While the jury cried for more
[01:38.52]music
[01:46.44]“Oh, stop that cursed jury”“
[01:50.10]Cried the attendant and the nurse
[01:55.58]“The trial was bad enough“
[01:59.39]But this is ten times worse”
[02:04.42]Just then a bolt of lightning
[02:07.99]Struck the courthouse out of shape
[02:13.38]And while ev’rybody knelt to pray
[02:17.39]The drifter did escape