One Second Chance

Album: Leave The Light On (2006)
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  • This is a song where Bates sings about committing a crime. He has lost both his job and his wife, his only son has moved half a state away, and he will soon have to go to court. Bates asks for another try to make things right again. >>>
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    Landon - Winchester, OH

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