Blackmail - Wild Horses

I tore the pages from the book

To hide the money I had took

Somebody said, hey, I won’t tell

That’s if you cut me in as well

It was blackmail

When there’s a conscience it can’t fail

Blackmail

That’s when your heart and soul’s for sale

I paid the money for a year or so

Until the time came and I said no

A man came round and pulled a gun

I thought he’d kill me there just for fun

I said, now, hey fool I repent

But I won’t pay you one more cent

I’ll pay my debt to society

I’ll give the jury a guilty plea

It was blackmail

When there’s a conscience it can’t fail

Blackmail

That’s when your heart and soul’s for sale

I paid the money, had no choice

People, I felt sympathy of course (?)

And it was blackmail

It was blackmail