Hold still, don't move i say
wilt thou hear my elegy
head high,
preserve my pride
i shall defy the gallows

i and you and me well
we just don't know
what love can do
i,i pledge to you that
i won't deceive
the heart that's mine.

as here i sit
i vow
your history
does not
perish my love
the shame
will be mine, for a
scarlet woman thou art

i and you and me well
we just don't know
what love can do
i,i pledge to you that
i won't deceive
the heart that's mine.

dead from the grave
we're all slaves
to what we've got
love's been through the door
for days.