 
Stone Holler doesn't exist, actually. Or does it?  Goin' Fishin'
He said he'd be gone all weekend. He said it when I was wishin' He could help me at the house. He couldn't've left much quicker If he'd been facin' a hangin'. He took his boots and his slicker And forgot to kiss his spouse. He said he wanted to fish all night And not to wait for the mornin' light And he deceived, and I believed him, too. He didn't come back on Sunday. He said he'd be catchin' stripers. He didn't show up by Monday And I sure was feelin' bad. And then I began to shiver Like I was plannin' a funeral. I thought he'd drowned in the river And by then I wished he had. And all of the years I'd loved him hard I'd rather seen him feathered and tarred And planned ahead for what he said he'd do. He dragged in 'live in the mornin' Lookin' like death warmed over. He said, just givin' me warnin', That his love for me was dead. But I'd been doin' some phonin' And I'd been hearin' a-plenty. He shoulda got death by stonin', From the things his friends had said. I found out I was the last to know It wasn't fishin' that made him go Unless the blonde was in the pond out there. Now didn't I give him cookin'? And didn't I give him lovin'? And come to find out he's lookin' For a younger wife than me. He said he'd do the divorcin'. He left me flat on the mountain. He left me madly discoursin' How I'd kill him and get off free. But if I hadn't believed his lies He wouldn'ta caught me by surprise Just like the swish of a gaspin' fish in air. I sold off alla my critters. I moved right offa the homestead. I took the cup with the bitters And I drank it all right down. For weeks and months I was cryin'. Too bad he didn't go fishin' And never come back good-byin'. It's a shame he didn't drown. It seems to me that a decent man Will leave you more kindly if he can, But take your pride a worthless hide will do. He said he just didn't want me. He said he flat didn't need me. His words'd come back to haunt me In the dark and lonely night. And I'd thought he was a winner. And I thought I was the loser. I couldn't eat fish for dinner Till I started thinkin' right. Cause then I heard from a friend of mine He married the blonde in record time And got too mad to be so sad and blue. Now I'm not really complainin'. It seems he got him a live one. I got the car and the furniture And I left for better parts. In marriages, guess I blew one. Why didn't I see the signals? I bet there's more in the new one While he's out there breakin' hearts. And I got the sense God gave a goose, Don't go around men while that one's loose. But when I looked, it's her got hooked, not me. Now, nobody oughta shoot your Life to hell in a basket And wreck your plans for the future And live to tell the tale. But now I can hear her wishin' She hadn't known him a liar. When he says he's going fishin' I can see her turnin' pale. Well, serves her right if she's on the shelf. He didn't go fishin' by hisself. It worked out swell. She's scared as hell. I'm free.  |