The Third Degree
They accused me of forgery, I couldn't write my name
They accused me of looking and I didn't see a thing
Didn't mean to cause no trouble and I meant no bodily harm
All I had was this body and the muscle in my arm
They gave me the third degree
They hung me from a tree, third degree
And they're giving me the third degree
But it's plain to see without a learned degree
I didn't know a chopping hoe could bring a mountain down
They're giving me the third degree
They hung me from a tree, that third degree
She came down the turn row with a bucket in her hand
She brought Alberta peaches and they all knew I's her man
She didn't have no business hanging out down where they were
And everybody wants something and they all wanted her
They're giving me the third degree
But it's plain to see without a learned degree
I didn't know a chopping hoe could bring a mountain down
And they're giving me the third degree
They hung me from a tree, that third degree
That third degree
Siting with my peaches when I heard her crying out
Peaches in my pocket and blood here on this ground
They took her away from me, they took her away from me
They took her away from me in a third degree
In a third degree
It's a third degree
El Tercer Grado
Me acusaron de falsificación, no podía escribir mi nombre
Me acusaron de mirar y no vi nada
No quise causar problemas y no tuve intención de hacer daño físico
Todo lo que tenía era este cuerpo y el músculo de mi brazo
Me dieron el tercer grado
Me colgaron de un árbol, tercer grado
Y me están dando el tercer grado
Pero es evidente que sin un título académico
No sabía que una azada podía derribar una montaña
Me están dando el tercer grado
Me colgaron de un árbol, ese tercer grado
Ella bajó por el camino con un balde en la mano
Trajo duraznos de Alberta y todos sabían que yo era su hombre
No tenía nada que hacer merodeando por donde estaban
Y todos quieren algo y todos la querían a ella
Me están dando el tercer grado
Pero es evidente que sin un título académico
No sabía que una azada podía derribar una montaña
Y me están dando el tercer grado
Me colgaron de un árbol, ese tercer grado
Ese tercer grado
Sentado con mis duraznos cuando la escuché llorar
Duraznos en mi bolsillo y sangre aquí en el suelo
Me la quitaron, me la quitaron
Me la quitaron en un tercer grado
En un tercer grado
Es un tercer grado