Choctaw County Affair

Ooh Ooh Well, life's been kind of trippy down here in Mississippi Since Cassie O'Grady disappeared And me and my Bob Shaver been in all the newspapers Every day for naught on a year They say we got tangled in a love triangle A fatal game of truth or dare But the truth remains a mystery and now it's ancient history It's a Choctaw County affair It's just a Choctaw County affair (Choctaw County affair) Well, people talkin' 'bout it everywhere (Choctaw County affair) Well, Cassie O'Grady was no Southern lady Despite all the media hype They all loved to make her out like a sweet little devout All-American cheerleader type But her mind was cattywampus She was greedy, she was pompous Strutting 'round with her nose in the air She was a cold gold-digger tickling a hand trigger It's a Choctaw County affair It's just a Choctaw County affair (Choctaw County affair) And now they say she's lying dead somewhere (Choctaw County affair) Well, I do not deny I wished Cassie would die When she threatened us with blackmail She said she had some information that would wreck my reputation And land Bobby back in jail Now it's best to remember Bobby Shaver's got a temper Like a buck-shot grizzly bear But there's nobody, there's no witness So y'all go mind your business It's a Choctaw County affair It's just a Choctaw County affair (Choctaw County affair) Oh, you mess with Bobby and you better beware (Choctaw County affair), yeah yeah yeah Hey, yeah Well, the press went wild on the day of the trial When they put us on the witness stand They thought we'd turn on each other, but soon they all discovered We were live or die, hand in hand And that fancy D.A. from down Jackson way Said he'd see us in the electric chair, ha But the foreman of the jury told me honey, don't you worry It's a Choctaw county affair, yeah (Choctaw County affair) Yeah, it's just a Choctaw County affair (Choctaw County affair), yeah How would you know 'cause you weren't there (Choctaw County affair) It's just a Choctaw County affair (Choctaw County affair) Mmm, yeah, yeah (Choctaw County affair)