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Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane
Horrors in her head
That her tongue dare not name
She lives alone by the river
The rolling rivers of pain
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
There is one shining eye on a hard-hat
The company closed down the mine
Winking on waters they came
Twenty hard-hats, twenty eyes
In her clapboard shack
Only six foot by five
They killed all her whiskey
And poured their pistols dry
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
Seems you've remembered
How to sleep, how to sleep
The house dogs are in your turnips
And your yard dogs are running all over the street
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
"O Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson
Why you close up shop so late?"
"Just fitted out a girl who looked like a bird
Measured .32, .44, .38
I asked that girl which road she was taking
Said she was walking the road of hate
But she stopped on a coal-trolley up to New Haven
Population: 48"
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
Your guns are drunk and smoking
They've followed you right back to your gate
Laughing all the way back from the new town
Population, now, 28
Crow Jane Crow Jane

Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane
Horrors in her head
That her tongue dare not name
She lives alone by the river
The rolling rivers of pain
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
There is one shining eye on a hard-hat
The company closed down the mine
Winking on waters they came
Twenty hard-hats, twenty eyes
In her clapboard shack
Only six foot by five
They killed all her whiskey
And poured their pistols dry
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
Seems you've remembered
How to sleep, how to sleep
The house dogs are in your turnips
And your yard dogs are running all over the street
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
'O Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson
Why you close up shop so late'
'Just fitted out a girl who looked like a bird
Measured .32, .44, .38
I asked that girl which road she was taking
Said she was walking the road of hate
But she stopped on a coal-trolley up to New Haven
Population: 48'
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh
Your guns are drunk and smoking
They've followed you right back to your gate
Laughing all the way back from the new town
Population, now, 28
Crow Jane Crow Jane
Crow Jane Ah hah huh

Oh, baby girl
I wanna see you night and day
And in my world
I hope nothing will ever change
For you girl
I'll be waiting and waiting
And waiting and waiting
Oh, baby girl
I wanna ride into the sun
And in my world
Try take a shot at everyone
For you girl
I'll be waiting and waiting
And waiting and waiting
You should know
I'll be waiting and waiting
And waiting and waiting
Oh, baby girl
Oh, baby girl
I love you
Oh, baby girl
Oh, baby girl

Crow Jane...
Don't you hold your head so high,
Someday, baby, you know you gotta die.
I'm gonna buy me a pistol,
Long as I am tall,
Shoot Crow Jane just to see her fall.
There's a reason I told Crow Jane,
Don't you hold your head so high,
Someday, baby, you know you gotta die.
You gotta lay down and die,
Lay down...
Yes I dug her grave,
With a silver spade,
Hey nobody's gonna take Crow Jane's place.
There's a reason I told Crow Jane,
Don't you hold your head so high,
Someday, baby, you know you gotta die.
Crow Jane...
You never miss your water,
'til your well run dry,
I didn't miss Crow Jane,
'til the day she died.
There's a reason I told Crow Jane,
Don't you hold your head so high,
Someday, baby, you know you gotta die.

Note: hyphen=unsung word
Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane
Don't you hold your head high
Someday baby, you know
You got to die
You got to lay down an -
You got to die, you got to -
You know, I wanna buy me a pistol
Wants me forty rounds of ball
Shoot Crow Jane, just to see her fall
She got to fall, she got to -
She got to fall, she got to-
That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, so high
Someday baby, you know
You got to die
You got to lay down an -
When I dug her grave
With a silver spade
Ain't nobody gon' take
My Crow Jane place
You can't take her place
No, you can't take her -
That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, too high
Someday baby, you know
You got to die
You got to lay down an -
You know, I let her down
With a golden chain
An ev'ry link
I would call my, Crow Jane name
Crow Jane, Crow -
Crow Jane, Crow -
You know I never missed my water
'Till my well went dry
Didn't miss Crow Jane
Until the day she died
'Till the day-ay-ay-ay she -
That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, too high
Someday baby, you know you got to die
You got to lay down and -
You got to die, you got to -
You know, I dug her grave
Eight feet in the ground
Didn't feel sorry
Until they let her down
They had to let her down
Had-a -
They had to let her down
That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, too high
Someday baby, you know you got to die
You got to lay down and. -
(guitar to end)

Well now, Crow Jane don't make no sense to me
She left me hanging from the poplar tree
No I never ever felt so free
Look at, mama, what you're doin' to me
'Cause it ain't no difference which way I smile
I ain't good lookin' from a quarter mile
Once had a women called me angel child
My reputation keeps me on track
But who's gonna save me from myself?
Gotta lay the blame on someone else
Somehow I ain't got no hope
'Cause I'm still runnin' from the sheriff's rope
My shoes don't fit me 'cause they filled with dope
Crow Jane quit me and I just can't cope
But all I know is that I'll still run
And pledge allegience to the settin' sun
I must've lost 'cause Crow Jane won
I'll never learn from anything I've done
Crow Jane's the strangest thing that ever talked
Lips of honey but of tongues of chalk
Feet may be crooked but sure can walk
Took my money left me in shock
Got so many matches that it makes me sick
So many habits that I just can't kick
So many women that I just can't trick
She burnt like a candlestick
But who's gonna save me from myself?
Gotta lay the blame on somebody else
But somehow I ain't got no hope
'Cause I'm still runnin' from the sheriff's rope
My shoes don't fit me 'cause they filled with dope
Crow Jane quit me and I just can't cope
But all I know is that I'll still run
And pledge allegience to the settin' sun
I must've lost 'cause Crow Jane won
I'll never learn from anything I've done
Well Crow Jane ain't nothing but a painful case
She left me sucking on my own disgrace
She's off trucking at a cheatin' pace
And a lawless life is all I can embrace
Dress like a preacher so I can't be found
Chase Crow Jane from town to town
I smell her brain so she much be around
Just like my pain, the sun goes down
But who's gonna save me from myself?
Gotta lay the blame on someone else
Somehow I ain't got no hope
'Cause I'm still runnin' from the sheriff's rope
My shoes don't fit me 'cause they filled with dope
Crow Jane quit me and I just can't cope
But all I know is that I'll still run
And pledge allegience to the settin' sun
I must've lost 'cause Crow Jane won