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Brother Elijah ... a bourbon drinking, violent man

Sister Teresa ... a rosary wrapped around her hand

like so many others, they would drink and fight

like a vagabond he would roam the streets

each and every night

until one April morning, when he did not appear

the telephone rang at the station house

the neighbors watched in awe and fear

A match made in heaven - or was it born in hell

seemed a lovely couple - in this god forsaken town

led outside in shackles - she muttered but one sound

"my peers they will decide my fate"

"I give my soul to this little town"

she laughed and then she cried

"he didn't think I had it in me"

"he coughed and then he died"

"last time he ever laid a hand on me"

"it was a case of self defense"

she smiled upon the stand

she waited till he laid his head

Took the axe into her hand

there was no denying it

the decision handed down

ain't leavin' here in one piece girl

So say the people of this town

she laughed and then she cried

"he didn't think I had it in me"

"he coughed and then he died"

"last time he ever laid a hand on me"