Cold Black Heart
(专辑: 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor - 2006)
I
once had a
true love, her name was Maggie Brown Her eyes they were the
color of the
sun burning down And she had hair that smelled like jasmine, I
loved her from the
start How was I
to know she'd have a
cold black heart Well Maggie was my true love, the
only kiss I
knew I'd meet her at the
oak tree in the
cool evening dew Where we would walk beside the
levee our fingers intertwined While the
crimson moon gazed through the
needles of the
pines We'd lay beside each other, staring at the
sky Listening to the
whistling of the
train blowing by As it was on it's way to Macon The
town where I
was born We'd make love in the
darkness, 'til the
hours of the
morn Waterfalls and rainbows, sweet salvation sin As I
lay there sleeping against her golden skin, My friends now gather around and listen close The
story takes a
turn I
wasn't fair young Maggie's only lover I
did learn I
went down by the
oak tree looking for my lass And walked east towards the
levee with the
sunset in my past And then I
ran through briars and brambles, until I
finally found my Maggie and her true love there lying on the
ground My eyes they filled with fire, they didn't see me there I
watched as she made love to him, caressed him with her hair I
don't remember how it happened I
guess I
just saw red I
drew my pistol from my belt and shot them graveyard dead I
once loved a
maiden her name was Maggie Brown But now I'm riding on a
boxcar back to Macon town The
setting sun will never let me forget what deed I
have done Until the
day they hunt me down, I'm living on the
run