She Tried

[Bubba Sparxxx - talking]<br>Uh huh, yeah<br>Good Lord<br>May God have mercy on my soul<br><br>[Verse 1 - Bubba Sparxxx]<br>I love her, but you never would know<br>That by the way I just let my girl go<br>With tears in her eyes from years of the lies<br>She backed on up and disappeared out the drive<br>Wait, hey, what can I say?<br>All we had means nothin today<br>I did my thing and she did hers<br>But my crimes are a wee bit worse<br>And now I`m sittin here all alone with my guilt<br>Just me and the dogs in the home that we built<br>It was Andy`s and hers, even though Bubba bought it<br>But Bubba wouldn`t leave just like her mother called it<br>from the pink, only to the blue blame<br>God forgive me for causin you pain<br>All it was, ain`t no more<br>Cause my baby`s gone and when it rains it pours<br><br>[Chorus]<br>She tried to tell me I needed to be strong<br>I wasn`t listening and now my baby`s gone<br><br>[Verse 2 - Bubba Sparxxx]<br>One for the pleasure, two for the sin<br>Three for the family we could a been<br>Had I not been so concerned<br>with this life, no spoken words<br>Could begin to undue what`s done<br>Deep within I know that you must run<br>Far away, from the thought of my smile<br>And the broken dream of us walkin that aisle<br>I first saw +Betty+ in my Nanny White`s yard<br>The breast where the best, and the fanny my lord<br>A fly country girl, just workin them gifts<br>She`s my queen, was a virgin I guess<br>But I ain`t never ask and I ain`t never tell<br>But Betty had the cash every time I went to jail<br>And how did I reward her loyalty<br>Let her walk in and see her cousin Joy on me<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>I ..<br>Uh, uh, uh<br><br>[Verse 3 - Bubba Sparxxx]<br>It`s been six months and still no word<br>I try to carry on like it still don`t hurt<br>Hoes come around but I still won`t flirt<br>Drinking`s worse and the pills don`t work<br>Last I heard she was in Birmingham<br>Livin with a good hard workin man<br>And lookin back on it, that`s exactly what she wanted<br>Not a rebel with a passion for the moment<br>I live for the fiddle and the kick in the snout<br>I take my love and I stick it in there<br>Moved a Jimmy and made this song<br>All because my baby`s gone<br><br>[Chorus]