Well I alone in Averenth With my lady by my side After wars I left her And now she's come to watch me die She's a flower in the sun Now she's crawlin' through the mud ‘Cause a me, 'cause a me My heart was sick, from k**in' Injuns With their babies in their beds. I refused but my General Put his gun up to my head. I wanted to come home So Abby wouldn't live alone So I k**ed, burned them down I woke up, cold dark morning Saw a face in the mirror
Realized what I was bringing home Wasn't worth bringing anymore. I tried to heal my sores With robbin', whisky and who*es Didn't work. I was still bad Sheriff – put the noose right around me Pull it tightly, snap my neck Don't want my love to see me strangle When my soul's all blown to heck So I'm alone in Averenth With my lady watchin' me die I don't know if I could bear it To see poor Abby cry one more time.