My lover left me for dead

Got under my skin, then said it's all in my head

My lover left me for dead

My pretty little body keeps the wolves fed

But I can't force his hand, no, I can't make him stay

Got too much love to give to let it sit here and decay

Now he loiters just beyond my reach

This ship is sunk

but still the sailors wash up on the beach

My lover left me out in the cold

He's busy chasin' silver, got no room for gold

My lover left me out in the cold

Headеd straight to her place, or so I've been told

But I can't forcе his hand, no, I can't make him stay

Got too much love to give to let it sit here and decay

Now he loiters just beyond my reach

This ship is sunk

but still the sailors wash up on the beach

My lover left me for dead

Got me feeling blue, but all I see is red

My lover left me for dead

Heart full o' love and a belly full o' lead

But I can't force his hand, no, I can't make him stay

Got too much love to give to let it sit here and decay

Now he loiters just beyond my reach

This ship is sunk

but still the sailors wash up on the beach

My lover made a mistake

Run, better run, boy, Goodness' sake

Oh, lover, say it was a mistake

'Cause I just bought a gun and I'm huntin' for snakes