Don't shoot down the only woman to ever love you

Well I'm walking by the river
With my head hung down in shame
I just can't believe what I have done
Cause I shot down the only woman to ever love me
And the bullet came from her brother's gun
So you 'd think I'd die of shame
Or maybe just the pain
Would make me turn that gun upon myself
But I shot down the only woman to ever love me
And I put the blame on someone else.

I shot down the only woman to ever love me
I shot down the only woman to ever love me
I shot down the only woman to ever love me
And I put the blame on someone else.

So they hanged young Jesse Blackett
For the murder of his sister
I watched his face turn blue in the morning sun
Now everyday I see young Jesse hanging
And I remember cutting down my woman
And I curse the day I did what I have done

So the moral of this story
Both terrible and gory,
As sorry a tale of woe as ever been told

Don't shoot down the only woman to ever love you
Don't shoot down the only woman to ever love you
Don't shoot down the only woman to ever love you
And don't put the blame On someone else.

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