Name: Seven Years
Duration: P00H04M04S
Description: Dedicated to those whose lives were stolen at Parchman Farm.

Seven Years

by Mr. Deadly

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Dedicated to those whose lives were stolen at Parchman Farm.

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I drug my chain and swung my hammer
Seven years in the Mississippi sun
So damn hot make the devil break a sweat
Got you praying all day for the night to come
After seven long years it was clear that twenty five won’t do
I did the convict shuffle every day til the day that we dropped our hammers on you know who
We were praying for the night to come

We broke our chains and ran like hell
Headed west, Louisiana on our minds
Eddie and Ray got surrounded in a house at the Sharkey-Issaquena county line
We were praying for the night to come

Wrong place at the wrong time
Caught me in a desperate state of mind
Hard luck or a hard line
But that’s life, no one gets out alive

The devil here beside me
Law is chewing at our heels
The past is creeping up
Our future’s yet to be revealed
Ain’t no justice waiting for me
Ain’t no truth they’d want to believe

The devil here beside me
Law is chewing at our heels
My mind is racing
Sweat is pouring
Hand is clutching steel
The devil here beside me
Law is chewing at our heels
The bayou try to kill you
But you give it hell and zeal

I drug my chain and swung my hammer
Seven years in the Mississippi sun
So damn hot make the devil break a sweat
Got you praying all day for the night to come

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released January 27, 2021

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