On a cold dark night it was not so long ago
And wind was blowin' deep cold snow
Over at that table right next to mine
There sat my woman just a havin' such a good time
She was a-drinkin' and a-dancin' with my friend Bill
It must have been the liquor that made me wanna kill
I tapped him on the shoulder called him outside
There in the snow there is where he died
Bought me a ticket I caught me a train
I didn't stay around I didn't wanna pain
Way down in Dallas a posse stopped the train
Then I heard the sheriff callin' callin' my name
They brought me back to Memphis just for a while
Soon I'll be walkin' my last mile
A judge told me boy you're gonna swing
You won't be around when it turns to spring
Oh what ashame oh-aaah ooh
When it turns to spring
