Devil's Backbone

Oh Lord, oh Lord

What have I done?

I've fallen in love with a man on the run

Oh Lord, oh Lord

I'm begging you, please

Don't take that sinner from me

Oh, don't take that sinner from me

Oh Lord, oh Lord

What do I do?

I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you

He's raised on the edge of the devil's backbone

Oh, I just wanna take him home

Oh, I just wanna take him home

Oh Lord, oh Lord

He's somewhere between

A hanged man's knot and three mouths to feed

There wasn't a wrong or a right he could choose

He did what he had to do

Oh, he did what he had to do

Give me the burden, give me the blame

I'll shoulder the load, and I'll swallow the shame

Give me the burden, give me the blame

How many, how many Hail Marys is this gonna take?

Don't care if he's guilty

Don't care if he's not

He's good and he's bad and he's all that I've got

Oh Lord, oh Lord

I'm begging you, please

Don't take that sinner from me

Oh, don't take that sinner from me