Loving County

I loved a girl
She lived out in Pecos
But she was pretty as she could be
Sing it loud
And I worked them oil rigs, on out in Odessa
Just to give her whatever she needs

But that girl, she run with an oil company bum
'Cause a diamond was not on her hand
And he left her soon 'neath the big loving moon
To go out and X-ray the land, yeah

Now I sit in my car at the New Rainbow Bar downtown
The frost on the windshield shines toward the sky
Like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of Loving County, yeah

Well, l walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
'Cause I was thinking about her and that man
When in walked a woman, she's looking
Looking richer than sin
And ten years' worth of work on her hand

Well, I followed her home, when she was alone
Well, I put my gun to her head
I don't recall, you know ahem, what happened next at all
But now that rich woman, she is dead

Now I drive down the highway
Ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
And the moon is so bright it don't look like night
And the diamond, how it sparkles in the lights of Loving County
Yeah

When she opened that door and I knelt on the floor
And I put that ring in her hand
Then she said, "I do" and she'd leave with me soon
To them old oil rigs out, out in South Alabama

Well, I told her to hide that ring inside
And wait 'til the timing was good

I drove on home, and you know, I was all alone
'Cause I thought that she understood
But you know she didn't

But you know the next night an old friend
Just called me to wish us both well
He said he'd seen her downtown, sashaying around
And her diamond, how it sparkled in the lights of Loving County, yeah

Fort Worth, Texas, say hello to my little friend

That sheriff, he found me out wandering all around
El Paso the very next day
You see, I'd lost my mind on that broken white line
Before I even reached Balmorhea

Well, now she's in Fort Worth and she's just giving birth
To the son of that oil company man
And they buried that sheriff's poor old dead wife
With the ring that I stole on her hand

You know that sometimes they let me
Look up at that East Texas sky
And the rain on the pines, oh Lord, how it shines
Like my darling's little diamond in the lights of Loving County