Fox Fur Shawl

You brought me back a fox fur shawl
From your escapade
You left it on my door
No time for talking
Pinned across that flamin fur
Was a note signed with your name
"I love you and I'll be back someday"
I threw that pelt into the mud
And set the note ablaze
Your lovin' just ain't something
A fox fur could replace

You brought me back a dead bouquet
From a couple states away
You said you tried your best to keep 'em living
Nothing that you say could bring a smile to my face
I guess you've got to go and keep on living
Tears are getting saved
Up like change
And soon I reckon
I'll be dead or deranged

Well many years have come and gone
Since your Masquerade
I've got a mastiff and a pyrenees to talk with
The town has said the whiskey laid you softly in your grave
I told 'em you were not the kind to stay for too long in one place
I know that you're a dead man
But that don't mean you're gone
I'll still wait by the window
For your shadow on the lawn

And sometimes I still see you
Standing in the hall
With a dead bouquet of flowers
And a muddy fox fur shawl