D5          A5
Saw her in Roosevelt Springs
             D5
time doesn't touch anything
              A5
she never did say she could sing
                 D5
but I figured it so

I needed some company then
not sisters or children again
that's a hell of a spot to be in
but she put me in tow

Money and liquor and lust
have taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes of dust
headed my way

She tended bar in town
her alto settled me down
so I started hanging around
didn't need much to say

D5               G5
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
            D5
she kept me happy all the time
                  A5         A5
I know that ain't much of a line
                       D5   D5
but it's the God's own truth
               G5
she lives down inside of me still
                 D5
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
            A5                A5
she left me alone with these pills
                   D5
and the last of my youth

Wings on her shoulders and feet
a bar on Gethsemane street
I took time to plan retreat
backed out the door

I must be attracted to those 
who've witnessed a man in the throes
Of life that ain't grindstone to nose, 
but pedal to floor

D5               G5
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
            D5
she kept me happy all the time
                  A5         A5
I know that ain't much of a line
                       D5   D5
but it's the God's own truth
               G5
she lives down inside of me still
                 D5
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
            A5                A5
she left me alone with these pills
                  D5
and my smoldering youth

Lost on the dry side of town
My memories slowing me down
She shook me and I came around
I came back to life
With nary a mother or dad
She showed me what I never had
The princess of leaves, she gets sad
'Cause I won't take a wife

D5               G5
She smelled like cigarettes and wine
            D5
she kept me happy all the time
                  A5         A5
I know that ain't much of a line
                       D5   D5
but it's the God's own truth
               G5
she lives down inside of me still
                 D5
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
            A5                A5
she left me alone with these pills
                   D5
and the last of my youth