i killed sally s lover

The Avett Brothers

Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally s been layin with another man
And he s sleeping in my place
Somebody get my shotgun
Gonna shoot him sure as rain
You can run as fast as you want to boy
I ll kill you just the same

Somebody get my pocket blade
Gonna cut him don t you know
You can try to hide all you want to boy
There ain t nowhere to go
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally s been layin with another man
And he s sleeping in my place

Now Sally don t go thinkin
That you got off so clean
I d kill you too if I had the nerve
But I just ain t that mean
So I go and get my murder tools
I throw them in the lake
Gonna steal me an automobile
And drive so far away
Now I am a fugitive
I m always on the run
Sally told the policeman
Exactly what I d done
I went and got my shotgun
I went and got my blade
Killed poor Sally s lover
And I put him in the grave.

Now all you ramblin fellas
You listen close to me
That woman gonna bring you pain
Your heart is gonna bleed
But it ain t worth the trouble
The sufferin or the grief
A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary
I killed Sally s lover
One dark and dreary day
Sally got another
And I got sent away
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally s been laying with another man
And I set him in his grave