Well, I was standing on the corner when she turned and caught my eye.
She might have been an angel or a devil in disguise, a slinky satin number that was slid
up to her thigh.
When I asked her what her name was, she told me Nellie Blythe.
Hey, well, one thing and another, we were sitting at the bar.
Just a little further didn't seem so very far, but I knew my little Frankie would have
broken down and cried if she saw me on the sofa making love to Nellie Blythe.
Well, if you never look for trouble, you can find it just the same.
And when everything is busted, it'll be a crime scene.
Well, Frankie always said that she would love me till I died, but I never thought she'd
shoot me for a girl like Nellie Blythe.
Yeah, well, Frankie grabbed her pistol and she stood outside the door, and I heard her
start to cry as she shot that .44.
As I fell down on the carpet, I began to realize that it really wasn't worth it making love
to Nellie Blythe.
Yeah, well, the sheriff came for Frankie and the judge refused her bail.
Now Frankie's sitting crying in that Monroe County jail.
And down around the corner, you can see her passing by in that slinky satin number, that
girl named Nellie Blythe.
Well, if you never look for trouble, you can find it just the same.
And when everything is busted, it'll be a crime scene.
Yeah, Frankie always said that she would love me till I died, but I never thought she'd
shoot me for a girl like Nellie Blythe.
Yeah, Frankie always said that she would love me till I died, but I never thought she'd
shoot me for a girl like Nellie Blythe.
Oh, Nellie Blythe.
Why'd you so shy, girl?
Hanging out with a date like that, what you thinking?
What you thinking?
What you thinking?