Michelle Shocked - Hold Me Back lyrics

Frankie was a good woman Everybody knows She gave her man Johnny a hundred dollar bill Just to buy one suit of clothes Frankie went down to the barroom She ordered herself one gla** of beer She asked that bartending man "Tell me, has my sweet Johnny been here?" He said, "Frankie, I ain't gonna tell you no stories" He said, "Frankie, I ain't gonna tell you no lie" He said, "Frankie, I saw Johnny about one hour ago He was heading over, going to see Miss Nellie Bly" She cried, "Hold me back Hold me back, take away my gun Hold me back, hold me back Somebody, won't you please hold me back Don't let me do what must be done" Frankie went on over to that coke joint She stood outside, she rang that bell She said, "Alright, Johnny, you're my loving man And if I find you in here I'm gonna shoot you I'm gonna shoot you sure as hell" Sure enough there Johnny was with Nellie Bly He sees the gun in Frankie's hand, he says "Frankie, don't shoot, I swear I won't treat you wrong no more" That's for sure, 'cause by the time she was done with that gun Her man was not gonna treat her wrong no more Roll out your rubber tired carriages Roll out your rubber tired hacks There's twelve men going to the graveyard There's only eleven men coming back