I never knew anybody with a spirit so wild
'Til I came across my baby on a country mile
Comin' along that ol' blue highway
Hitchhikin' to the city just to get away
I was wondering where the hell I was
And she came along with me, why? Just because
We were two lost souls on a crooked path
With broken shoes, no compass or map
I didn't learn too much right away
She never spoke once, not for the day
But with her smile she said a thousand words
In a thousand languages I never ever heard
The wind was howling and the sun spit fire
The river, it ran in great desire
It was the craziest place I'd ever been to
But as long as I was with 'er I'd carry through
CHORUS:
Oh if only I knew what was in store for me
I would've hopped the first train back home but she
Had me wrapped around her finger, until the end
Sing hallelujah, the devil's won again
We followed the train tracks into town
Seemed to be pretty faces all around
Tried not to be jealous with all my might
Until I caught my baby creepin' back home one night
It was 2:00 a.m., I said where you been
She said out tryin' to commit every kind of sin
I said oh that means you're goin' to hell
She said I'm a good girl, I thought you knew me well
We were sitting 'round the fire, just trying to keep warm
As the ashes burned, we talked up a storm
We talked of everything we'd ever heard about
I think we even had a few of them figured out
Underneath the stars of the big black sky
Slept like two logs, my baby and I
'Til she left me for the red morning sun
Never got a letter, not a single one
CHORUS:
Oh if only I knew what was in store for me
I would've hopped the first train back home but she
Had me wrapped around her finger, until the end
Sing hallelujah, the devil's won again
And that's how my story came to be
Just a typical American tragedy
I never sung songs about anything
But the way things went, it taught me how to sing
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
'Til I came across my baby on a country mile
Comin' along that ol' blue highway
Hitchhikin' to the city just to get away
I was wondering where the hell I was
And she came along with me, why? Just because
We were two lost souls on a crooked path
With broken shoes, no compass or map
I didn't learn too much right away
She never spoke once, not for the day
But with her smile she said a thousand words
In a thousand languages I never ever heard
The wind was howling and the sun spit fire
The river, it ran in great desire
It was the craziest place I'd ever been to
But as long as I was with 'er I'd carry through
CHORUS:
Oh if only I knew what was in store for me
I would've hopped the first train back home but she
Had me wrapped around her finger, until the end
Sing hallelujah, the devil's won again
We followed the train tracks into town
Seemed to be pretty faces all around
Tried not to be jealous with all my might
Until I caught my baby creepin' back home one night
It was 2:00 a.m., I said where you been
She said out tryin' to commit every kind of sin
I said oh that means you're goin' to hell
She said I'm a good girl, I thought you knew me well
We were sitting 'round the fire, just trying to keep warm
As the ashes burned, we talked up a storm
We talked of everything we'd ever heard about
I think we even had a few of them figured out
Underneath the stars of the big black sky
Slept like two logs, my baby and I
'Til she left me for the red morning sun
Never got a letter, not a single one
CHORUS:
Oh if only I knew what was in store for me
I would've hopped the first train back home but she
Had me wrapped around her finger, until the end
Sing hallelujah, the devil's won again
And that's how my story came to be
Just a typical American tragedy
I never sung songs about anything
But the way things went, it taught me how to sing
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la