I saw her in Roosevelt Springs
Where time doesn't touch anything
She never did say she could sing
But I figured it so

I needed some company then
Not sisters or children or men
That's a hell of a spot to be in
But she put me in tow

Money and liquor and lust
Had taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes and dust
Were headed my way

She tended bar in town
Her alto settled me down
So I started hanging around
Didn't need much to say

She smelled like cigarettes and wine
And she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth

She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
In the last of my youth
Wings on her shoulders and feet
A bar on Gethsemane Street
I took time to plan my retreat
And backed out the door

Must be attracted to those
Who've witnessed a man in the throes
Of life that ain't grindstone to nose
But pedal to floor

She smelled like cigarettes and wine
She kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth

She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
In the last of my youth

Lost on the dry side of town
My memories slowing me down
She shook me and I came around
I came back to life

With nary a mother or dad
She showed me what I never had
The princess of leaves, she gets sad
'Cause I won't take a wife
Well, she smelled like cigarettes and wine
She kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
But it's the Gods' own truth

She lives down inside of me still
Rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
She left me alone with these pills
In my smoldering youth
She left me alone with these pills
In the last of my youth