My Terrible Ways Lyrics - Frank Black

My terrible ways, they got me in jail 

Where some did succeed, I always did fail 

But I thought, I was fine to wait for the day 

When Id paid for my terrible ways 

My terrible ways, they came to an end 

When a mighty deluge freed the criminal men 

But I stayed in Mississippi and three souls I saved 

And so ended my terrible ways 

Terrible ways, terrible ways 

Sooner or later a criminal pays 

And Ill never have enough, enough 

To pay this off 

Terrible ways, terrible ways 

Sooner or later a criminal pays 

And Ill never have enough, enough 

To pay this off 

My terrible ways, the governor forgave 

On account of three souls and account of the wave 

That took my wife and baby and swept them away 

All cause of my terrible ways 

Terrible ways, terrible ways 

Sooner or later I know Im going to pay 

And Ill never have enough, enough 

To pay this off