Tecumseh Valley
Townes van Zandt / Steve Earle: Train A Comin' (1995)
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| The name she gave was | Caro | line, |
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The | daughter of a | miner. |
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Her | ways were free; it | seemed to | me, |
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That | sunshine walked | beside her. |
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| she came from Spencer | across the | hill, |
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She said | her Pa had | sent her, |
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'Cause the | coal was low and soon | the | snow |
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Would | turn the skies to | winter. |
Well she said she'd come to look for work, | |
She was not seeking favors. | |
For a dime a day and a place to stay | |
She'd turn those hands to labor. | |
The times were hard, Lord, the jobs were few, | |
All through Tecumseh Valley. | |
But she asked around and a job she found | |
Tending Bar for Gypsy Sally. | |
She saved enough to get back home | |
When spring replaced the winter. | |
But her dreams were denied, her Pa had died, | |
The word came down from Spencer. | |
She turned to whorin' out in the streets | |
With all the lust inside her. | |
And it was many a man returned again | |
To lay himself beside her. | |
They found her down beneath the stairs | |
That led to Gypsy Sally's. | |
In her hand, when she died, Was a note that cried: | |
Fare thee well - Tecumseh Valley. | |
The name she gave was Caroline... | |
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