Christopher Daniel Gay was arrested on a Friday
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In Florida at the Daytona International Speedway
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He was a fugitive on the run,
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Christopher made a quick escape
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while being transported in a van
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that was picking up convicts state to state.
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He did it during a bathroom break,
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he hot-wired somebody's pickup
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In fact,
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Christopher had a long history of theft
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involving trucks,
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He was on route to Alabama
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for stealing someone's travel trailer
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Grand Theft Auto
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He was a career criminal, jailbird
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who also had three outstanding warrants
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in his home state of Tennessee
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It was an outstanding performance that set him free
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Little Houdini
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Stole a big rig, then a tour bus that belonged to Crystal Gayle
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to evade a five state manhunt that wanted to put that birdy back in jail
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but they failed
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[?]
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'cause Christopher wasn't just running from cops
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Christopher Gay was now racing a clock
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his mother was dying
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and there was no time to be held
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inside of a cage with locks
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so yall can turn up your nose
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and suck on your teeth and wag your finger like tsk-tsk
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but he had to take the risk
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Little Houdini
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There wasn't a single thing sinister in his decision
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to break from the prison
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His only motive was to go back to his childhood home
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while his mom was still living
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it wasn't a house
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more like an old mobile camper
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where she was bedridden diagnosed with colon cancer
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Sometimes,
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The only answer we're left with
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when the loved one's name is on the death list
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Is to head for the exits and go home
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Christopher got the hell out of Texas
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His abandonment was reckless
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It prolonged his sentence
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Y'all can forget it
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He had numerous convictions and none were as strong as this
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Unless you consider the other instance
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He went the distance
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Similar situation, it was a bizarre coincidence
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When he escaped from the prison the first time,
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Not this time, but the one before
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He visited his dad
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Cause he was dying inside of a mental ward
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Suffering from Alzheimer's
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He paid respects
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Made his peace
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When he was done
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He didn't run
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He returned himself back to the police
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That's when his mom made her plea
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She said:
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"He knows what he done was wrong,
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but he knows his father don't got long
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He's not a fugitive on the run
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He's not dangerous, he's our son
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he ain't never hurt no one
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He knows what he's done was wrong,
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but he knows his father don't got long
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He's not a fugitive on the run
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He's our son"
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This ain't no country western song.
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Christopher wasn't just running from cops
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Christopher Gay was now racing a clock
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his mother was dying
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and there was no time to be held
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inside of a cage with locks
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So Y'all can go on tossing rocks
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And talk your talk like tsk tsk
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Meanwhile Chris is stealing a tractor trailer from Wal-Mart
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An 18 wheeler, he's peeling rubber the bird takes flight down turnpikes
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Three hundred thousand dollars worth of merchandise, but it ain't worth her life
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Ran it off the road, and abandoned it
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50 yards from his moms to avoid the cops
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Thats half a football field from her feeble arms
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After all this stuff
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The tour bus, the pick up trucks
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The tractor trailer, interstate chases
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He put on the brakes and couldn't get close enough
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The news reporters told people to lock their doors
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Like there was a monster on the loose but there was no truth to those reports.
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His mom had weeks to live
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And Chris had years to serve
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They were within shouting distance
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But I don't think he heard her final words.
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I don't think he heard her final words.
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She made her plea to the TV
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"He knows what he's done was wrong,
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but he knows his mama don't got long
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He's not a fugitive on the run
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He's not dangerous, he's my son
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he ain't never hurt no one
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He knows what he's done was wrong,
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but he knows his mama don't got long
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He's not a fugitive on the run
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He's not dangerous, he's my son"
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This ain't no country western song.
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The third time he escaped from a state cop at the Georgia pit-stop
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He just slipped out of the handcuffs, he jumped ship then he took off
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| With no father to v |
