Well it ain't against the law to take a woman's pride
Ignore bloody screams force her in the night
But murder's an illegal act even in self defense
So I won't step foot in Colorado again
And I won't say his name hope history forgets
I'm headed to the north I'll live out in the sticks
I took the only job only one I could get
To settle down and pour a round as a dancehall miss
But the action ain't broken yet
It's a double barrelled shotgun one bore has lead in it
No the action ain't broken yet
I'll be selling moonshine till I'm good and dead
Well the poppy gripped me hard in McCarthyville
It covered up the pain I'm living with it still
I ended up in the Warden Dans' cabin in the woods
Used to fear the law at night I kicked both habits good
But the action ain't broken yet
It's a double barrelled shotgun one bore has lead in it
No the action ain't broken yet
I'll be selling moonshine till I'm good and dead
So if you want my arrest you'll be crossing Flathead Fork
I'm cooking moonshine there order and uncork
I hear the whistles blow over the fork I row
Keep the needs of the northern trainmen topped up as they roll
But the action ain't broken yet
It's a double barrelled shotgun one bore has lead in it
No the action ain't broken yet
I'll be selling moonshine till I'm good and dead