he fell in love with a reservation girl during the time of the sugarbeet harvest they moved out west to the coast where he built her a bed made of shagbark from sherwood forest things were good until she told him goodbye said they were better off living separate lives and maybe they was

but should we stop and take her with us should we stop and take her with us for all our time

so we left worcester with our boots and our bags and america undressed herself in front of our eyes

my sister told me my sister told me

that there's gangs in the hills when the hickory falls and you never know when you're going to need to run from it all like she did

but should we stop and take her with us should we stop and take her with us for all our time

adelaide you know you're just no good for me you know it's just so hard to see that you were right

she was dangling her legs of the little colorado river asking the last bit of sunlight in all of arizona told me, arizona told me

so i asked her if she wanted to fly, or maybe she needed a ride to go anywhere at all

adelaide you know you're just no good for me you know it's just so hard to see that you were right

oh willy i wish that you could love me less oh willy i wish that you could love me less

i tried he said underneath his breath i've tried

adelaide you know you're just no good for me you know it's just so hard to see that you were right