Marshall County Man

Black leather jacket, El Dorado to match

Blue jean, James Dean, looking like a photograph

I would've said those vows quicker, but I was just sixteen

I wish that preacher would've seen the future, could've warned me

I was married to the devil, but at first I didn't know

He drank holes in all the bottles, and I just did what I was told

The only way he touched me was with an open hand

So I went outside and found a place to hide a six-foot-two tall man

Father, forgive me of my sins

I know just what I did, and I earned the consequence

Mama warned me 'bout daddy's kind

Now she's in Tutwiler doin' time

I thought I'd never get to see her again

'Til I fell in love with a Marshall County man

He stumbled in the kitchen and poured another drink

My hands in soapy water, dirty dishes in the sink

He never saw the blade that I was clinching in my fist

So I call him to the counter and I asked him for a kiss

His last breath was labored, I could tell he was surprised

All he was the wooden handle of a kitchen knife

I sat down at the table and I rolled a cigarette

I slow sipped on his whiskey, I made sure that he was dead

Father, forgive me of my sins

I know just what I did, and I earned the consequence

Mama warned me 'bout daddy's kind

Now she's in Tutwiler doin' time

I thought I'd never get to see her again

'Til I fell in love with a Marshall County man

And I did what I did

Oh, I did just what I did

Yes, I did (Oh, I did)

What I did (Oh, I did)

Oh, I did what I did, yeah