He smelled like gin with a hint of her
Up ´till then I wasn´t sure
But he swaggered by and said "the boys said to tell you ´hey´"
And I was kicked back in his easy chair
Holding a fifth, tappin´ the barrel of a
Fresh clean steel blue polished up.38

And I was kinda hopin´ he´d at least look scared
But all he said was "OK, she was good, and you don´t dare"

Lookin´ back now, I probably should´ve let him run
But paybacks are hell where I come from
Any fool should know you don´t look a woman in the eye and smile
When she knows what you´ve done
And she´s holdin´ whiskey and a gun

The sun shines grey in the prison yard
Life to go was goin´ hard
When the warden started gettin´ sweet on me
He drug me up to a room one night
Poured me some ´ski, gave me a light
And I smoked slow and waited ´till he was done

And I thought that was that
´Till he got rough and I fought back
And when I grabbed his pistol he laughed and said
"Girl, you ain´t got the guts"

Lookin´ back now, I probably should´ve let him run
But paybacks are hell where I come from
Any fool should know you don´t look a woman in the eye and smile
When she knows what you´ve done
And she´s holdin´ whiskey and a gun

They´re strappin´ me down and I´m scared to die
And I ain´t the kinda girl to cry
But I find myself begging God for mercy
My hands are cold as I start to slip
Sodium thiopental drips
The room goes black and I wonder if He heard me

Lookin´ back now, I probably should´ve let him run
I bet paybacks are hell there where I´m goin´
But any fool should know you don´t look a woman in the eye and smile
When she knows what you´ve done
And she´s holdin´ whiskey and a gun