Featured song on Gods Of Music. A country rocker with a good drive. Nice lead work by Glen Bensley on Strat. Check out the demo sample or purchase the mastered version from the CD A Street Of My Own.
country
western
Story behind the song
The dirty lying drunkard John Barry singled me out for murder I did not commit. Fast forwad 10 years and...."Now look out Barry,..I'm coming to get ya"
Lyrics
John Barry Is A Liar
Well I come down from Kingston town
After 10 years in the hole
And I'm going to cut a man down
For lies that he once told
On the other side of the railroad tracks
Where life is hard and cold
John Barry prays I don't come back some day
Repay this debt I owe.
Well I agree that it was me who Floyd had in a scuff
He finally pushed till it came to shove and things got a little rough
He pulled his pistol and I grabbed it first and buried it in his shirt
He held so tight and pulled the trigger just right, fell face first in the dirt
(Chorus)
Make no sense it was self defense, ain't my fault he lay dying
No one was there, and I swear, John Barry he was lying
And for all those years and my mama's tears he going to see hell's fire
No one was there, and I swear, John Barry is a liar.
He lay outside the barroom, his head floating in a swiller
When the sheriff came for someone to blame, he said that boy there's a killer
And for a pint of gin and a piece of tin, a drunkard sealed my fate
And I got ten in a federal pen, and I learned how to hate
The smoke was thick but I could still pick him out at the silver dollar
The sweat it dripped and from the stool he slipped as he loosened up his collar
He fell to his knees, "Have mercy please, he's going to kill me" he was crying
And I leaned in and whispered to him "Now John Barry, this time you ain't lying"