Tompall Glaser - Big Jim Colson lyrics

She was young and she was pretty The victim of a rich man's whim When she met that wealthy gentleman Big Jim Colson And she fell in love with him Big Jim promised her a wedding That would give her child a name But she waited at the alter till the sun set But old Big Jim he never came Now the old folks whisper about her in shame And the kids all taunt her and call her a name But she ain't no bad girl she didn't mean no wrong She just loved old Big Jim a little too long Now he sits up in the legislature And the wealthy ladies love his charms While she sets in her lonely shack in Alabama With his baby in her arms All little young girls better learn a lesson From these sad words old Tompall speaks If you fall in love with a man who didn't love you Best you kiss him on the cheek Cause the old folks whisper bout her in shame And the kids all taunt her and call her a name But she ain't no bad girl didn't mean no wrong She just loved old Big Jim a little too strong She just loved old Big Jim a little too wrong