I am a man
With a story to tell
Deep in my heart
Dark shadows still dwells
I knew love to be
Stronger than sin at one time
To break a good heart
Is surely a crime
I had me a friend
Way back in that time
Handsome and strong
No doubt smarter than I
He could charm young girls
With a blink of his eye
To break a good heart
Is surely a crime
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The girl that I loved
She was simple and true
But like all the others
She found her heart flew
Flew away with him
When he gave her the sign
To break a good heart
Is surely a crime
11 months passed
And he traveled away
He left that girl's heart
Alone there to break
She was sit in the shade
Of a big yellow pine
To break a good heart
Is surely a crime
Yeah to break a good heart
Is surely a crime
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Nine years passed
And he came back to town
He'd left his wife
For to wander around
Tired of love
Can be a soul to your grind
But to break a good heart
Is surely a crime
I saw my true love
She was lonely still
So he put his chops
To the work of his will
To make that girl's love
A mark he could claim
To break a good heart
Once again
It was then that I knew
I could not let this pass twice
I asked him to leave
And I asked him nice
He said "Only a fool
Would not have had her by now
I'm just passin' through
And she's alone anyhow"
I felt red anger
Rise to my hands
I took his life
There and then
I could not let this man
Break her heart twice
And I buried him deep
'neath the big yellow pine
Yeah I buried him deep
'neath the big yellow pine
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To the day of her death
She never found
The truth of my love
Or the man in the ground
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