Warren: I got ahold of a fiddle somewhere and wrote this tune while sawing on the open strings. The title was reviled by certain sanguinary New York critics, but I thought it sounded like John O'Hara. Warren: This song was so personal, I had to write it in the third person. Then he agrees he thinks she needs to be freeīy which she hopes to keep him on the limb She tells him nothing's working out the way they planned
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She tells him she thinks she needs to be free Mama couldn't be persuaded when my Granny pleaded with herĭaughter don't marry that gamblin' man. They all went to pieces when the bad luck hit He thought he had him a winning combination I said my mama couldn't be persuaded when they pleaded with her Mama couldn't be persuaded when they pleaded with her They'd all be offended at the mention stillĪnd my mama couldn't be persuaded when they pleaded with her She was twenty-one or two and she knew what she wanted Don and Phil invited us both to perform songs of our own with them, so I wrote this one in their honor. Warren: I got my first road gig playing piano behind The Everly Brothers. No one knows just where they came to be misunderstood Took the life of James the outlaw which he snuck up on and stole Robert Ford, a gunman, did exchange for his parole They rode against the railroads, and they rode against the banks So no amnesty was granted and as outlaws they did ride
That Frank and Jesse finally learned to killĪfter Appomattox they were on the loosing side War broke out between the states and they joined up with Quantrill Two boys learned to rope and ride and be handy with a gun On a small Missouri farm back when the West was young
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