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The Yellow Rose of Texas came down by the Eildon Tree
As her hair shone in the morning sun, her eyes were wild and free
And I knew I would go with her, 'cos she put a spell on me
She told me she would take me where the Johnson folk still trade
She carried gold and silver and the finest French brocade
I told her I had nothing, just my shoes and my old hat
She said, ÂWatch out where youÂre walkin' tonight, 'cos I've seen 'em killed for much less than thatÂu0085Â
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Her hair was of the grass-green silk
Her mantle of the velvet fine
And hung upon her horseÂs mane
Were sixty silver bells and nine
We came upon a doctor who plied everything you like
She said, ÂDo you wanna get high? I said, ÂWell, I guess, alright.
If you're havin' one, I'm havin' one. And then we had three.
By the time she left in the morning there was nothing left of me.
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I went and got myself a horse, I had to rob to get it
I carried myself a gun and I chased that woman across the desert
And when I came upon her, she fell down on her knees
She says, ÂI know I took your shoes and hat, but please donÂt shoot me, please!Â
I says, ÂWhat d'you want? You jes left me there in that desperate one-horse town!Â
She says, ÂI can't help it, D.W., it's in my nature, just like the frog and scorpion drowned.Â
I didn't know what she was talking about and I was just about to say
But she popped me with a little two-shot Derringer and that was the end of me.
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- Album:
- The Men From W.O.M.B.L.E
- Hits And Exit Wounds
- M.O.R.
- Power In The Blood
- Coldharbor Lane
- Miscellaneous
- Revolver Soul
- Revolver Soul Bonus Tracks
- Analogue on the Delta
- Shoplifting 4 Jesus
- Summer in the City
- Peace in the Valley.......Till We Get the Key to the...
- Exile on Coldharbour Lane
- Zero Tolerance
- 3000 Miles to Graceland
- Last Train to Mashville, Volume 2
- KROQ: New Music 1998
- La Peste
- CMJ New Music Monthly, Volume 52: December 1997
- Rolling Stone: New Voices, Volume 21