JERSEY CAROLINA When I was a young girl I dreamt of the day
When my night in armor would take me away
So I prayed and he came and he saved my soul
So I wouldn't have to spend my nights all alone
When I was a young wife I did all I could To
love him and adore him like a good woman should
But he beat me and bashed me and he made me cry
And like the good ol book says an eye for an eye
Oh forgive me oh lord I shot my baby dead
As he lay down to sleep in our lovin'
bed To grin it and bear it I promise I tried
But tonight my baby he had to die
When I was a young girl I dreamt of the day
When I'd be an old woman and tend the young babes
And I'd keep a keen eye and spoil them bad And
I wouldn't rue not one single day lookin' back
When they come lookin' for me I knew what I'd done
And those dreams washed away with that old smokin' gun
It's when I started runnin' towards them state lines
In my Daddy's De Soto with my colt 45
Oh forgive me oh lord I shot my baby dead
As he lay down to sleep in our lovin' bed
To grin it and bear it I promise I tried
But tonight my baby he had to die
If I have just one chance I'll take it and fly
Cuz I'll tell you right now they won't get me alive
Cuz I done did my time under my baby's hand
I won't bow down again not to any one man

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