I saw her in Roosevelt Springs,
where time doesn't touch anything
She never did say she could sing,
I needed some company then,
not sisters or children or men
That's a hell of a spot to be in,
Money and liquor and lust had
taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes and dust were
She tended bar in the town,
I started hanging around,
She smelled like ci garettes
And she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth
She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
Wings on her shoulders and feet,
a bar on Gethsemane Street
I took time to plan my retreat,
I must be attracted to those who've
witnessed a man in the throes
Of life that ain't grindstone to nose,
She smelled like ci garettes
And she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth
She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
Lost on the dry side of town,
my memories slowing me down
She shook me and I came around, I
With nary a mother or dad she showed
The princess of leaves, she gets sad,
cause I won't take a wife
She smelled like ci garettes and wine
And she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth
She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
She left me alone with these pills
