Kate Blood

One dawn in December

She asked for my dreams

I gave them up gladly

By glow of kerosene

Mine were taken from me

When I was 23

Never shoulda took that trip

To Kansas City

Now they drag my name

All over town

They whisper it slowly

And try and dress me down

But no it was not me

I did not hold the gun

It is true as the day is long

And the setting sun

Now I’m fallin, fallin

For love I can’t keep

I’m fallin, fallin

Falling too deep

She asked for my name

I know you know mine

They call me Kate blood

The girl by the riverside

I was the first daughter

A mother and a friend

Buried along the banks

Of that city Appleton

One dawn in December

She asked for my dreams

I gave them up gladly

By glow of kerosene

Now very full moon

Down by the riverside

I feel a shiver

A shiver down my spine