Song: An Article From Life - Lefty Frizzell

The evening sun had just gone down
On five acres of ground
On in Georgia.

When the back door opened silently;
She had made some tea and said, "Here,
This is for you."

Then a man selling magazines
Stopped and began talking with my wife.
And before he left there, well,
That man had sold her
A twelve-month subscription to Life.

And on page twenty-five,
It said all New York world's alive,
Really swinging.

And on page twenty-nine,
It showed the pictures of parties and wine
With people singing.

Well it wasn't long until
I saved a thousand dollar bill
From the harvest;

And I had planned to buy more land
But baby hit me (wearied her the hardest.)

She said "I'd like to see New York."
And what could I say except to say, "That's fine."

And while she was packin'
My mind wandered back in;
That article from Life ran through my mind.

Oh, New York was still alive
At 2 AM when we arrived,
Sunday morning.

She said we'd only stay a week,
'Cause in seven months our first child
Would be born in.

She knew it meant the world to me;
Still, the parties and the wild life
Changed her mind.

She begged to be set free;
I said, "This just can't be!"
In anger, I took my darling's life.