Headline from Kentucky

Have you read the morning paper, dear?

The latest magazine?

The headline that’s on CNN

It’s about you and me

Are you sick of songs of Texas

Or Memphis, Tennessee?

I’m just a girl from Owensboro

In a grave in Kentucky

Have you felt the peace, my dear

That comes with morning dew?

Lie with me in eternity

I’m so in love with you

Have you heard the evening news

Or heard our children cry

About the man from Owensboro

Who had a roving eye?

We’ve never known a quarrel, dear

A cross word or a fight

I wish with all my heart, true love

To take back that night

Speechless when you saw me, dear

Coming with the knife

I’m done with you, dear it’s my turn

Your lawful wedded wife

Have you felt the peace, my dear

That comes with morning dew?

Lie with me in eternity

I’m so in love with you

Have you heard the evening news

Or heard our children cry

About the man from Owensboro

Who had a roving eye?