Promises in Pieces Lyrics

When the Money's all Gone
Well I saw Jesus in the corner, He was talkin' to my friend
They both looked my way, And turned around
I guess I should remember, All the trouble that I've been
It's just promise and pieces on the ground
Well I was drunk tired and busted, The day he took me in
And offered me protection from myself,
I guess I should have told him, I'm no kind of friend
Well I guess he found out the day I left
Well I took the money from the wallet
On the table by the door
I took the pistol that he told me
He kept locked inside the drawer
I took off before the sun came up
And didn't see him anymore
Well I was killin' time in Reno
Where the snow fell on the ground
Well I was counting out what little I had left
I asked the bartender to pour another round
I threw a ten down on the table and I saved it for myself
And I walked across the street in day light
With that pistol in my jeans
I walked up and told the teller
I don't wanna cause a scene
Just put the money in this suitcase
We can do this nice and clean
Well I was almost to the front door
When I heard that siren scream
We were just around the corner coming fast
I turned back to that teller, He was lookin' right at me
Well I watched him fall as I let that pistol blaze
And I ran back through the alley
And I never turned around
And I heard all the voice as they tried to track me down
I threw the pistol in that river, I jumped the train leavin' town
In a hotel down by Carson Lake
I was tryin' to lay low
When I heard some locals talkin' down the hall
It seems they caught the man who robbed that Wells Fargo
Up in Reno you don't mess around with the law
Well I guess my friend came lookin' like he done before
They already found his pistol
That had washed up on the shore
Yesterday they hanged a man and I couldn't run anymore
Break: Em - D - C - Em - D - C
Well I saw Jesus in the corner he was talkin' to my friend
They both looked my way and turned around
I guess I should remember all the trouble that I've been
It's just promises and pieces on the ground
It's just promises and pieces on the ground
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