Perfume, Powder, and Lead
Lonesome River Band
G
1.
We were married in the spring, she didn’t want for anything
2.
Well, my body starts to shake; begin to think about my fate
1.
A loving husband, a little cabin, close to town
2.
As I turn and start to stagger towards the door
1.
Working hard on the farm; coming in to all her charms
2.
I heard her take her final breath; I knew my sentence would be death
1.
Until the one day when the stranger came around
2.
And so I threw that smoking gun onto the floor
1.
It starts to rain, can’t work no more; run to the porch, open the door
2.
And now I sit here in this jail; and now my life’s a living hell
1.
To their surprise, I realized their little game
2.
Since that awful, dreadful crime I had to do
1.
So what was I supposed to do; well, I could tell he’d been with you
2.
All her love she vowed to me; another man, there’ll never be
1.
It made me mad, and I just couldn’t stand the pain
2.
And in the end, I’ll have to die for loving you
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C G
I can’t believe what I have done; I
killed them both with Daddy’s gun
As their bodies lay entangled in our
bed
He was the sheriff’s only son; to me,
she was the only one
I smelled the perfume, the powder, and
the lead