Verse
Well in the early autumn wind a lonely dove is flyin'
Mournin' for his one true love, he can't be blamed for cryin'
He can't be blamed for cryin'
Well the rooster he got twenty gals, bet he's happy as a lark
Well he wake 'em in the mornin' time, put 'em all to bed at dark
Put 'em all to bed at dark
Well if you've been true
Well if you've been true
You better look me in the eye
Well all I smell is cheap perfume
And gin, and smoke, and lies
Bridge
Verse
Well where were you last Saturday all dressed up so pretty?
With your blue-eyed ballroom boy in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City
Well a spade is made for diggin' dirt and an axe is made for choppin'
And darlin' my heart's hard as nails they hammer in a hardwood coffin
In a hardwood coffin
Well if you've been true
Well if you've been true
You better look me in the eye
Well all I smell is cheap perfume
And gin, and smoke, and lies
Bridge
Verse
Well way down in the bottom land a big black crow is laughin'
No one never goes down there wonder what has happened
Wonder what has happened
And in the early Autumn wind a lonely dove is flyin'
Mournin' for his one true love, he can't be blamed for cryin'
He can't be blamed for cryin'
Well if you've been true
Well if you've been true
You better look me in the eye
Well all I smell is cheap perfume
And gin, and smoke, and lies
Well if you've been true
Well if you've been true
You better look me in the eye
Well all I smell is cheap perfume
And gin, and smoke, and lies
And gin, and smoke, and lies
Outro