She road a slow train to the city she was young and she was pretty
A full grown mountain woman that had blossomed in the spring
She took a job at waiting tables at the House of Seven Gables
That's where she met the man from Bowling Green
He was somewhat older with hair down on his shoulders
And he knew how to touch a lady and he must have touched her dreams
Sung her songs and called her baby till that country girl went crazy
For that guitar picking man from Bowling Green
Well he got what he was after and after that he left her
He packed up his guitar caught a westbound train
It was just another city where the country girls were pretty
Easy picking for the man from Bowling Green
Well he got what he was after and after that he left her
He packed up his guitar caught a westbound train
It was just another city where the country girls were pretty
Easy picking for the man from Bowling Green
Now her life is twisted like some West Virginia back-road
And the House of Seven Gables has got a brand new queen
To anyone that is buying sheâ??ll drink to keep from crying
For that guitar picking man from Bowling Green
Yes she loved that guitar man from Bowling Green