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The Knoxville Girl

from The Wrong Side of Eden by MY LEFT HAND

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I met a girl in Knoxville
A town we all know well
And every Sunday evening
Out of her home I'd dwell
Took her for a lovely walk
About a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
And knocked that fair girl down.

She fell down her bended knees
For mercy she did cry
Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me here
I'm unprepared to die.

I took her by her golden curls
And drug her 'round and 'round
Threw her into the river
That flows through Knoxville town
Go down, go down, Knoxville girl
With the dark and roving eyes
Go down, go down, Knoxville girl
You can never be my bride.

She fell down her bended knees
For mercy she did cry
Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me here
I'm unprepared to die.
She never spoke another word
I only beat her more
Until the ground around me
Within her blood did flow.

They carried me to Knoxville
And put me in a hole
My mother tried to free me
But could not go my bail
So here I waste my years to come
Down this dirty old jail
´Cause I killed that pretty Knoxville girl
That girl I loved so well.

She fell down her bended knees
For mercy she did cry
Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me here
I'm unprepared to die
She never spoke another word
I only beat her more
Until the ground around me
Within her blood did flow.

(Traditional)

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from The Wrong Side of Eden, released March 30, 2018

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MY LEFT HAND Madrid, Spain

Grupo madrileño de rock formado por Marta (voz, guitarra) Jaime (guitarra), Antonio (bajo), Jacobo (teclado, guitarra, coros) y Andrés (batería). A medio camino entre el país de Lynyrd Skynyrd y el de Radiohead, se divierten imprimiendo la actitud del folk-rock americano más sureño en las formas del pop más sugerente. ... more

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