Morten Abel - Mr. Innocent  



I write to you this letter, you'll get it in the mail 

I hope that you're not tired of my letters sent from jail 

I spent twenty years in prison for a crime I did not do 

But no one do believe that I am innocent, but you 



I've never hurt nobody 

And that's the truth I swear 

Someone says they saw me on the scene 

But I wasn't even near 

An officer was shot to death 

By machine gun fire 

It's almost twenty years ago 

And they still call me a liar 



This is a nightmare it really is 

I just hope down the line that there is some justice 

Help me God if you are up there 

I really didn't shoot that guy, I swear 

The judge and the jury, they didn't even look at me 

I didn't have a lawyer, no defence, see 

Let them all feel the wrath of your power 

I pay with my young life, cos 

They are cowards 

They are cowards 



So I write to you my darling 

So that you can bring it on 

And prove to them my innocence 

After I'm gone 

Only before God can I confess without shame 

A killer is out there in the streets 

And I got all the blame 

Can I trust you to see that these words 

Are written on my stone 

Don't bother with my name 

Because I'd rather be unknown 

"Here lies Mr. Innocent who never shed a tear" 

You wanted his young life, now enjoy your dinner 



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Thank you and goodnight, people of the land 

The system failed for an innocent man 

I was 14, not yet been with a woman 

Now I'm 34 and I still haven't been with one 

To my mum and dad I brought a lot of pain 

They didn't want me to carry their name 

Now I'm just a number, a number in chains 

Live my life in shame 



Thank you and goodnight, people of the land 

The system failed for an innocent man 

I was 14, not yet been with a woman 

Now I'm 34 and I still haven't been with one 

To my mum and dad I brought a lot of pain 

They didn't want me to carry their name 

Now I'm just a number, a number in chains 

Live my life in shame 

In shame 

In shame