The Backsliders - Angelita lyrics

I took a walk down the railroad tracks Had it in my mind I won't be coming back I never thought the rain could turn me around 'Til I was standing so wet and cold As I was standing right next to her dying bed I shoulda kissed her 'fore she took her last breath But I ain't never been that bold So I took my shotgun to the stamping ground tree Just to see if the devil'd get the best of me Six days dancing in the fires of hell and I walked away unburned But I kept hearing Angelita laugh when she seen how they's trying to cut me clean in half I never thought my friends would put me in the ground But that's a lesson that I best learned Listen to the windows start to rattle and shake These fools are bringing me more than I care to take Leaving me nothing but the question why I've got to spin so fast I'm gonna fall or fly This weight's hard up on my shoulders Man, I need to take a ride Today the wind blows a little bit colder And I've got nothing left inside And I've got nothing left inside I threw them flowers on the railroad tracks Wondering how my life fell between the cracks But ashes to ashes and rust to rust To all that's been lost or sold But I kept seeing Angelita's eyes every time she turned away from them long good-byes I should've held her 'til my very last breath Ah man ain't that funny