INDIGO GIRLS LYRICS - Faye Tucker

"Faye Tucker"



On the night they killed Faye Tucker

I was gambling away my last dime

Well I pulled down the lever

And I sent up a prayer

That my luck would not be denied



My luck would not be denied



Roll out the head of Faye Tucker

And never you mind what they say

You may be reborn but its all just for scorn

And that's what you'll take to the grave

That's what you'll take to the grave



Well the minister wants you to live now

And the governor wants you to fry

And whatever it was that you thought might occur

They got something else in their minds



The got something else in their minds



If you live they gonna make you a campaigner

If you die they gonna make you a grave

Either way it goes down

Well your life's not your own



And that's why killin' don't pay

That's why killin' don't pay



I thought I heard the angel's bells

But they were just the hounds of hell



What did you learn Faye Tucker

What will take from this world



Well mercy could prove us

But nothing would move us



To rise above just being cruel

To rise above just being cruel