Huntsville

Spent eight long months out in the desert now I’m finally comin' home
I wrote her every day but she never sent a letter the whole time I was gone
Yeah I loved that woman more than anyone loved anyone in their life
Was gonna take her home to Mama and buy a little diamond hopin' she’d be my wife
I was headin' to the house, saw another man’s truck parked out in my drive
I grabbed my pistol and headed for the door with a fire lit in my eye
Yeah I found her the backroom lyin' with another man in my bed
So I jacked back the hammer on my .45 and put it right to her head
And now I’m sittin' here in Huntsville, shackled, chained and charged
For shootin' down a no good cheatin' woman who didn’t have a heart
Yeah I guess I’ll spend the rest of my life behind these gray bars
For shootin' down a no good cheatin' woman who didn’t have a heart
Well I looked at the man shakin' in the blanket, said you might wanna leave
If I see you again, I’ll just start shootin', this here’s between her and me
Well she reached for my pistol, she said I love you, we can talk this through
And then my ears started ringin', my eyes started stingin'
As the gun smoke filled the room
And now I’m sittin' here in Huntsville, shackled, chained and charged
For shootin' down a no good cheatin' woman who didn’t have a heart
Yeah I guess I’ll spend the rest of my life behind these gray bars
For shootin' down a no good cheatin' woman who didn’t have a heart
Didn’t have a heart
Didn’t have a heart
Didn’t have a heart