William’s Son Songtext
von Chris Knight

One shot from a lawman′s gun
My father paid for the things he'd done
Mom got old when she was thirty-one
I was born alone, I′m William's son
Back and forth to the foster home
'Til I figured out I was better off alone
I hold my head high when I walk these streets
Get suspicious looks from the people I meet

But I spit in your eye and stand my ground
Just to keep my head from hanging down
I ain′t gonna hide and I ain′t gonna run
Hell, y'all know me, I′m William's son

I know it ain′t right to feel this way
But I'm kinda glad my dad got blown away
I know he grew up hard and he grew up mean
But me and my sister was not to blame


We spit in your eye and stand our ground
Just to keep our heads from hanging down
We ain′t gonna hide and we ain't gonna run
Hell, y'all know me, I′m William′s son
I'm William′s son

Some days I can see some hope
I've never been to jail and I don′t do dope
And every now and then I kneel and pray
That things will get better one of these days

But I spit in your eye and stand my ground
Just to keep my head from hanging down
I ain't gonna hide and I ain′t gonna run
Hell, y'all know me, I'm William′s son

I spit in your eye and stand my ground
Just to keep my head from hanging down
I ain′t gonna hide and I ain't gonna run
Hell, y′all know me, I'm William′s son

Y'all know me, I′m William's son