Nanci Griffith - Not Innocent Enough songtekst

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Het lied gaat over Philip Workman die in 1982 ter dood veroordeeld werd vanwege moord op een politie agent in bij een restaurant in Memphis. De doodstraf werd in 2007 voltrokken door middel van een dodelijke injectie.

Het is altijd onzeker geweest (en nog!) of Philip daadwerkelijke de agent neer geschoten heeft. Wat wel vaststaat is dat hij het Wendy reataurant heeft willen beroven.

Een citaat:
"During the robbery, an employee of the restaurant triggered a silent alarm after Workman granted her request to stand up to relieve a cramp in her leg. Three Memphis police officers, Ronald Oliver, Aubrey Stoddard, and Steven Parker, responded to the alarm. Upon their arrival, Workman attempted to flee across a nearby parking lot, but tripped on a curb and was cornered by the officers. Workman claimed he then attempted to surrender but, as he was pulling his gun from his pants to give it to the officers, he was struck on the head with a flashlight. As a result of the blow, Workman claims that he involuntarily discharged the gun twice, once in the air, and then at a person who had fired at him. Police returned fire. A bullet from a shotgun struck Workman in the buttocks, but he managed to evade capture for a time. Lt. Ronald Oliver was shot and killed."

Nog een citaat:
"Ballistics experts have questioned whether the bullet which killed Lt. Oliver could have come from Workman's gun.
Dr. Cyril Wecht verklaarde:The gunshot wound to Lt. Ronald D. Oliver is not consistent with the type of ammunition used by Mr. Philip R. Workman. I do not believe that it was Mr. Workman's gun that fired the shot that fatally wounded Lt. Oliver"

What the hell was I doing there in that fast food parking lot?
They say I robbed the restaurant and a Memphis cop got shot
I was trying to feed my habit, I was scared and I was high
It was never my intention that anyone should die

And just how many of us are innocent enough?
Just how many of us are innocent enough?
Just how many of us are innocent enough?
My name is Philip Workman and I'm not innocent enough

It's not a long walk from a trailer park to a Tennessee cell block
But I got saved behind these bars, soon I'll give my soul to God
Reverend Joe is praying for me and the family left behind
They say my bullet took his life but that bullet was not mine

Oh, just how many of us are innocent enough?
Just how many of us are innocent enough?
Just how many of us are innocent enough?
My name is Philip Workman and I'm not innocent enough

I had no money for a lawyer to fight the system from within
There's no justice for the poor from the witness they brought in
Circumstance and random chance, I never meant to do no harm
Now that cop and I, we've both died from that needle in my arm

And there where those who called for mercy in those final days
Even the officer's daughter cried to grant me stay
But I'm not innocent enough, I'm not innocent enough
I'm not innocent enough, I'm not innocent enough

And just how many of us are innocent enough?
Just how many of us are innocent enough?
Just how many of us are innocent enough?
My name was Philip Workman, I was not innocent enough

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Auteur: Charley Stefl, Nanci Griffith, Thomm Jutz

Componist: Nanci Griffith, Thomas Jutz, Charley Stefl

Publisher: Rounder Records Corp.

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Uitgegeven in: 2009

Taal: Engels

Komt voor op: The Loving Kind (2009)

Toegevoegd door keeskees op Saturday 21st of September 2013 02:15

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