Indigo Girls - Faye Tucker lyrics

On the night they k**ed 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 k**in' don't pay That's why k**in' 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