Perfume, Powder and Lead

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We were married in the spring, she didn't want for anything
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A lovin' husband, a little cabin, close to town
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Workin' hard out on the farm, comin' in to all her charm
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Until one day, when the stranger came around

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It starts to rain can't work no more, run to the porch open the door
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To their surprise I realize their little game
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So what was I supposed to do, oh I could tell he'd been with you
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It made me mad and I just couldn't stand the pain


Chorus:
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I can't believe what I have done, I killed them both with daddy's gun
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As their bodies lay entangled in our bed
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He was the sheriffs only son, to me she was the only one
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I smelled the perfume, the powder and the lead



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Well my body starts to shake, begin to think about my fate
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As I turn and start to stagger toward the door
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I heard her take her final breath, I knew my sentence would be death
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And so I threw that smokin' gun onto the floor

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Now I sit here in this jail, and now my life's a livin hell
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Since that awful dreadful crime I had to do
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All her love she vowed to me, another man there'd never be
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And in the end I'll have to die for loving you
 


Chorus:

   
I can't believe what I have done…