Iuka
(专辑: Put Your Needle Down - 2014)
I'd never tell a
man to ask my Daddy for my hand. I've got a
thousand tales about the
temper of that man. He'd shoot a
man who came within a
mile of my young frame. But I
know that you will take the
risk so I
can take your name. You've got the
ring; I've got the
keys and sixty miles a
head. Iuka, Mississippi, where the
two of us will wed. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 'fore he knows the
two of us have up and gone. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home. Never come home. My daddy finally knocked a
little sense right into me. So I
asked around until I
found the
Justice of the
Peace. The
bruises on my body can't be hidden anymore. So park your car upon the
hill, I'm headed out the
door. Step easy so my daddy doesn't hear us sneak away. Hang around, he'll shoot you down, that's why we just can't stay. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 'fore he knows the
two of us have up and gone. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home. Follow close behind me, not much further now. Oh, it's just a
shadow, I
didn't hear a
sound. Ain't no way he heard us, ain't no way he'll come. I
hear someone breathing, hold my hand and run. Somewhere in the
river there's a
gun the
devil owned. Somehow everybody knew that everything was wrong. A
noose up in the
maple tree; the
old man's gonna pay. Two headstones for two lovers who finally got away. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 'fore he knows the
two of us have up and gone. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 'fore he knows the
two of us have up and gone. Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home. Never come home. Never come home. Never come home.