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Way down in Virginia
Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a dominiker hen
And a rose of a different name.
Well, the first time I felt lightning
I was standing in the drizzling rain
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin
And a rose of a different name.
Well, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone.
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When the devil made that woman
Lord, she threw the pattern away
She was built for speed with the tools you need
To make a new fool every day.
Way down deep and dirty
On the darker side of shame
I caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin
With a rose of a different name.
The devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
Help me leave that black rose alone.
The devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
Help me leave that black rose alone...
- Album:
- Long in the Tooth
- Live At Billy Bob’s Texas
- Tramp on Your Street
- Miscellaneous
- Unshaven - the Live Album
- Storyteller (Live at the Bluebird 1992)
- The Essential Billy Joe Shaver
- Live from Austin, TX
- Live from Austin, TX: Outlaw Country
- Greatest Hits
- 2003-10-04: Smith’s Olde Bar, Athens, GA, USA
- 2009-12-03: The Melting Point, Athens, GA, USA
- Billy Joe Shaver: Greatest Hits
- Honky Tonk, Vol. 1
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Restless Wind: The Legendary Billy Joe Shaver 1973-1987
- Waylon Jennings: The Red River Tribute
- When I Get My Wings
- The Complete Columbia Recordings
- The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made...