And he stole her heart straight away
The New Jersey lady, she loved him so true
Another love she never had
And they make the ladies so sad
Sing me a melody, sing me a blues
The brasses she's a -runnin' scared
And you know she tried to hold on
He had to keep drifting along
And all of the people they'd say
To follow a cowboy that way
The brasses, she's a -runnin',
scared, she read the news
and the night, oh, she knew
The ladies, she'd sing him
And then in the morning he'd go
She loved the darkness and
Along with that damn rodeo
She covered him over with clay
She heard the old cowboy say
Sing me a melody, sing me a blues
The grasses shears are running scared,
And sing me a melody, sing me a blues
The phrases she's running scared
Won't you walk through the bottom