If You Got a Knife (2:50)

If You Got a Knife

Twas on a cold dark night,
Stars were shinin' bright
I went to see my friend but he weren't there
His wife was mighty nice,
She kissed me once or twice
And before too long she was draggin' me upstairs

If you got a knife won't you cut me down
If you got a knife won't you cut me down
It weren't no mortal sin, It was she that was cheatin' on him
And if you got a knife won't you cut me down

I heard the alarms
While I was lyin' in her arms
So I pulled up my pants to go run and see
A man was lyin' dead
With a bullet right through his head
And before too long they was pinnin' it on me

If you got a knife won't you cut me down
If you got a knife won't you cut me down
Can't pin that murder on me, I was busy with adultery
And if you got a knife won't you cut me down

They threw me in the jail
Nobody would go my bail
And the other jailbirds think that I'm a clown
'Cuz I took the blame
To save that woman's name
And they say that she balled every man in town

If you got a knife won't you cut me down
If you got a knife won't you cut me down
She was my best friend's wife, But her honor ain't worth my life
And if you got a knife won't you cut me down

If you got a knife won't you cut me down
If you got a knife won't you cut me down
It weren't no mortal sin, It was she that was cheatin' on him
And if you got a knife won't you cut me down