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Thread #113441 Message #3125315
Posted By: PHJim
31-Mar-11 - 12:57 AM
Thread Name: What murder ballad is the saddest? [songs]
Subject: Lyr Add: DEMON LOVER (Michael Smith)
I love that Demon Lover song. I also love Michael Smith's Demon Lover:
I knew a girl who came from Little Falls Her name was Agnes Hines She fell in love with a boy named Jimmy Harris But he had a short life-line A year after Jimmy was killed in a car crash She married a man from Cornell They had three little kids and a big house In upper Montclair
The gypsy wind it says to me Things are not what they seem to be Beware
One day her husband's at work and the kids are at school And who comes toolin' up the drive Looks just like Jimmy Harris And he says he's just got back from Paris And he's lookin' very much alive Ooh, Jimmy she cried I thought you had died He laughed and he said So did I cherie And if it was not for your love I would not be here
The gypsy wind it says to me Things are not what they seem to be Beware
The neighbors say that as they pulled away in his Chevrolet His face began to change And in the middle of that bright suburban morning They disappeared in flames Maybe you have a demon lover Who might have been your husband or your wife Watch out for people who belong in your past Don't let 'em back in your life.