Oh, Adriana – Adriana,
Go get me my guns
I can’t stand to see you
Like this – Like this
My heart’s torn in two
To see you black & blue
Get me my guns –
I’m gonna ride –
From the outskirts of town
I searched all around and
Hunted him down in an alley
It was dark and rainy –
My glasses kind of grainy
Yet I couldn’t believe what
I saw – I saw him with another
She was pinned against the
wall
He was slapping this little
doll
A little doll like you – Like
you
Until he stole that something
And now you’re black & blue
And I can’t stand it – To see
you
This way – Oh, Adriana –
Adriana,
I called out his name and he
turned
Around with disdain for me &
my name
“Ah, it’s just you,” he said
and came
At me to take me down and
smashed
His Old English bottle to the
ground
And as I pulled my
granddaddy’s .45
I told him to say prayers for
I was gonna
Shoot him dead – Shoot him
dead and I
Did shoot him dead between the
eyes
With granddaddy’s .45 I shot
him for you
Like a sea filled with rage
and wind
I don’t think it’s a sin
-though I know
The sheriff is coming for me
now
And I can’t live behind bars
in a broken
System with many missing links
So I know what’s best – best
for me & you
And I’m going – I’m going to
die
But I’ll still be here for you
–
I’ll still be here for you –
My ghost will be here for you
–
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3,
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3,
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3,
4.
Best of the Yellow Roses,
John mystrawhat.com
Written June 22, 2006
