Name: Short Time
Duration: P00H03M26S
Description: A man is sitting on death row waiting to die and contemplating his fate...what if demons actually killed someone and framed him for the deed? Or did he really do it in a deranged state of mind and just doesn't remember? This song questions murder from several different angles.

Short Time

from VISTA FANTASTICA by Mychael John Thomas

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A man is sitting on death row waiting to die and contemplating his fate...what if demons actually killed someone and framed him for the deed? Or did he really do it in a deranged state of mind and just doesn't remember? This song questions murder from several different angles.

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SHORT TIME

I killed a man who wasn’t there…got caught in the snare
There was no corpse no smoking gun…
convicted but I didn’t kill no one
I sit on death row with no hope…I’m at the end of my rope
Now I’m just pawn in this machine…lawyer said can’t do a thing

If there’s a GOD up in the sky…
Please come down and tell me why
An innocent man must die?!

CHORUS
I’m living on short time…short time…short time

I’m just a criminal they say…now I’ve gotta pay
They said my story was insane…but I swear to you I’ve been framed
They’re gonna do me in tonight…tell me how can this be right
I saw his shadow with a knife…now I’m losing my life

I told the truth but no one heard
They said just more crazy words
And nobody seems concerned

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Life and death it’s all the same
Playing someone’s twisted game
Hear me now this lost man’s plea
Save me! Save me! Save me!

SOLO

CHORUS (repeat)

© 2013 Mychael John Thomas, BMI

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from VISTA FANTASTICA, released July 12, 2013
MJT - Bass, Drums, Guitars, Keyboards, & Vocals

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Mychael John Thomas Alabama

Mychael is originally from Nashville, TN. He has been in the music industry for 40 plus years as recording artst, songwriter, musician and producer. He composed, performed, engineered and produced all of his solo bandcamp releases.

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