Eliza wears a pretty white dress Sittin' by the window, waitin' on the morning sun Eliza she's been up all night Sittin' there wondering how it all came undone
Back when she turned nineteen, end of July James was twenty-one years, said will you be mine Come next spring let's say I do I won't be nothing but good to you
And I'll lay you down Lay you down With you to the lord I am bound When I lay this body down
The winter wore on, cold and steady With every dollar saved, they bought a little piece of land And they courted so true and steady Dreamed away the days talking about all of their plans
And when the wedding day came she walked down the aisle At the front of the church all he could do was smile New home, ran upstairs, locked the door With the love they felt, no less, no more
She said lay me down Lay me down With you to the lord I am bound When I lay this body down
But in the fall of 1825 Fever spread like wildfire Took James from his true love And on the edge of their land, alone in the dark Eliza cried with a tear in her heart Deep as the hole she dug
And she laid him down Laid her love in the ground She laid his body down For he is heavenly bound With you to the lord I am bound When I lay this body downTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
