[Intro – soft electric guitar, slow build]
[Verse 1]
They didn’t ease into it—they just said it
“He’s gone… there’s nothing left to do”
Like they were talkin’ about a machine, not my son
Paper already sittin’ there for me to sign off on him
Room felt cold as hell… real quiet
Everybody lookin’ anywhere but at me
They called it mercy
I heard ‘em tellin’ me to quit on my own blood
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[Chorus 1]
Give me three more hours—don’t touch that switch
Don’t you kill him while I’m standin’ here
You can say it’s over, you can say I’m wrong
But I ain’t walkin’ out and leavin’ him
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[Verse 2]
Yeah… I came in hot, no excuses
Didn’t come there to negotiate nothin’
That was my son layin’ there—
And they were already treatin’ him like a body
Next thing I know, place is surrounded
Cops outside, guns pointed in
But I’m behind that curtain thinkin’ one thing—
“You ain’t takin’ him from me today”
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[Chorus 2]
Give me three more hours—I’ll take the fall
Lock me up when this is done
Call me crazy, call me dangerous
I’d rather be that than a man who runs
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[Guitar Solo 1 – gritty, emotional, slow bends, tension building]
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[Verse 3 – SWAT Standoff]
I hear ‘em yellin’ through the door—
“Put the weapon down, let’s talk this through”
I said, “You got kids? Then you already know
There ain’t a damn thing I won’t do”
They said, “This ain’t the way, you’re makin’ it worse”
I said, “You ain’t the one losin’ a son tonight”
Voice on the other side went real quiet…
Then he said, “Alright… we’ll give you some time”
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[Chorus 3]
Give me three more hours—just back away
Let me stand right here
If there’s anything left inside of him
I’m the one he’s gonna hear
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[Verse 4]
I grabbed his hand… tight as I could
“Son—if you hear me… you fight right now”
At first… nothin’
Then—there it was
A squeeze… small… but real
Then another one
And right there I knew—
They weren’t done with him… and neither was I
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[Chorus 4]
Three more hours—that’s all it took
To prove he wasn’t gone
You can hide behind your charts and calls
But you were damn near wrong
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[Guitar Solo 2 – bigger, emotional release, soaring but controlled]
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[Verse 5]
Yeah, I did the time—sat in a cell
Paid for every second of it
Law says I crossed a line
Maybe I did
But I’ll live with that every day of my life
What I couldn’t live with…
Is signin’ that paper and walkin’ away
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[Chorus 5 – Final]
Give me three more hours—I’d do it again
Every risk, every cost
You can judge me all you want
But I know what wasn’t lost
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[Outro – music drops to minimal, soft guitar under voice]
[Spoken Outro]
You can sit there and say I was wrong…
Maybe I was.
Maybe I crossed every line they told me not to cross.
Maybe I scared a lotta people… maybe I made it worse.
But you gotta understand somethin’—
That wasn’t a patient in that bed to me.
That was my son.
They saw numbers… charts… a lost cause.
I saw every memory we ever had.
So yeah… I stood my ground.
And I’d do it again tomorrow.
Because sometimes…
Three more hours…
