The Horse Accident (In Which a Girl Was All but Killed)

Appalachian dust from the horse that she was riding

Made it hard to see her thru the tepid summer air

I wore my finest derby hat to gather her attention

And I wanted nothing more than to follow her somewhere

It took her near a year to break the shackles' of a past love

I said she would never hurt as long as she is with me

Those cold winter walls thru a springtime window

There is warm hearts living where you would never think they would be

Oh, Lord let me die first, I cannot be without her

I hope I'll never live to see her casket lined with lace

She deserves to thrive on this earth a little longer

If you need another worker you can take me in her place

I heard the people talk about a girl falling from her horse

Down from the saddle in a terrible display

And the blood stained the dirt

The dirt had skinned the girl

The girl, they didn't think that she would live another day

Oh, Lord let me die first, I can't be without her

I hope I never live to see her casket lined with lace

She deserves to thrive on this earth a little longer

If you need another worker you can take me in her place

She deserves to thrive on this earth a little longer

If you need another worker you can take me in her place

Oh, Lord let me die first, I cannot be without her

I hoped I never live to see her casket lined with lace

She deserves to thrive on this earth a little longer

If you need another worker you can take me in her place

Oh, Lord let me die first

Oh, Lord let me die first