I shot her in the valley next to my childhood home
When she said she didn't love me anymore
I can still hear her crying before I dried her tears for good
With one shot from my beloved .44

I killed her because I loved my darlin' so
And I could not bear to stand by and watch her go
She died quick and went without much pain
Now I'm left to live and never love again

I buried her in the valley next to my childhood home
In an unmarked grave never to be found
I can still see her face so beautiful to me
As I laid her in that cold, cold ground

And I killed her because I loved my darlin' so
And I could not bear to stand by and watch her go
She died quick and went without much pain
But I'm left to live and never love again
Now I'm left to live and never love again