One quick minute got me 28 long years But I'd do it again, I don't regret it He laid his hand on my sister Too many times when I was near And I shot him dead and I don't care When sis was born and I was about twelve ‘Bout the same time my old man, he went to jail Then mom got sick, boy, she never got right And I took to that baby girl like she was mine Night after night, day after day I worked my a** off to put money away Then sis grew up and I grew older still And I love her the best and always will Then one quick minute got me 28 long years But I'd do it again, I don't regret it He laid his hand on my sister Too many times when I was near And I shot him dead and I don't care Well, Sis met a man whose name I will not tell Nine years her senior and I did wish them well He had a car and a job and she was in love And I blessed them both the best I could Sis loved to dance and she lived honestly But that old dog tried to control her in every way First came the drinking then the jealousy This town is too small for me not to see Him out every night with every girl in town Just before he goes home and pushes my sister around I thought it out not to intervene Unless my baby sister, she came to me Well, she did one night when that old dog showed up She whispered on the phone, “Ken I ain't feeling so good” When I got to the house what I saw was true My baby sister beaten black and blue Well I took my last breath of fresh free air And I found that piece of sh** asleep in his relaxing chair I hit him good with a solid right and a solid left And forced him to his feet for his last breath Well he cowered and run, but he didn't get far Cause my sister shot him f**ing dead just outside his car Boy, she wept and I did too Then I told the police I did what I had to do And that one quick minute got me 28 long years But I'd do it again, I don't regret it He laid his hand on my sister Too many times when I was near And I shot him dead and I don't care Yeah, one quick minute got me 28 long years But I'd do it again, I don't regret it He laid his hand on my sister Too many times when I was near And I shot him dead and I don't care