Alabama Rose

(Album: Occasional Wife - 1970)

One night I went to town and met a girl from Alabama
In her eyes I saw the sadness she had seen life
I found out she had spent some wasted years in old Chicago
Had a hundred men or more, but never as a wife

She was going home to start her life in Alabama
Where she had been and why, God only knows
But I loved that girl, and I begged her just to stay with me in Nashville
And I called that girl my Alabama Rose

The days turned into weeks and I was sure she'd learned to love me
But sometimes late at night, I'd lay and listen to her cry
The sun came up one morning and my Rose as not beside me
I got that feeling like you wanna die

Now I wonder if she ever made it back to Alabama
Where she is, and why, God only knows
She must know, no matter where she goes, my dreams go with her
'Cause I still love you, Alabama Rose
Yes, I still love you, Alabama Rose