Janne Westerlund - Evelyn Rose lyrics

i met her at the fair i couldn't help but stare at the beauty of those eyes of evelyn rose she turned my heart into a scary little lark locked up in my chest trying to break free the evening got dark the band soon would start to play that old music that everyone knew and i just don't know why but she really did allow me to dance with her oh evelyn rose weeks had gone by when i took her to the grove where the light was filtered by rubber tree leaves i got down on my knees begged her to marry me i can give you no money but i can give you my soul it'd only be a theft 'cause i got no time left i can feel it in my bones replied evelyn rose as if i was a tree she Ieft me standing there with the ring in my pocket and mud on my knees months went on by i was wondering why i hadn't seen her or heard of her ever since that day then my cousin came to town and he looked weird somehow saying, haven't you heard the news about evelyn rose well you know how the crops have failed all around but her family's farm had really gone down and they were about to sell their land to the bank but she'd heard of a new way to earn quickly and well she left for the city she went there alone she sold her own kidney for a price of a horse with the money she came back but she was cursed by her dad and her mom was crying 'cause she looked like a ghost the wound wouldn't mend no doctor could help and that was the end of sweet evelyn rose cold fists wringing my heart every time i think of sweet evelyn rose cold fists wringing my heart every time i think of sweet evelyn rose