East Texas Blues - Dave Alvin

Well I met a woman in East Texas

She’d been left by herself alone

Well I met a woman in East Texas

She’d been left by herself alone

And I was stranded out in the country where

I was barely known

She fell for me a lonesome stranger

Standing in the drizzling rain

She fell for me a lonesome stranger

Standing in the drizzling rain

She said you can stay with me baby

Though I don’t even know your name

Just don’t tell me you love me

Cause to tell a lie is a sin

Just don’t tell me you love me

Cause to tell a lie is a sin

But please lay down beside me honey

Cause tonight I need a friend

She said I care for you daddy

But I don’t love no man more than myself

She said I care for you daddy

But I don’t love no man more than myself

But I got a mind to care

And a heart to love just like anyone else

Well the wolves howl till midnight

And the wild dogs moan for days

Yeah the wolves howl till midnight

And the wild dogs moan for days

The man in the moon looked down on us

But he didn’t have a thing to say