False Hearted Lover Blues Lyrics - Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm

False hearts have been my downfall, pretty women have been my craze 

Im sure my false hearted lover will drive me to my lonesome grave 

Theyll bite the hand that feeds them, spend the money that you saved 

From your heartstrings and silk garters theyll build a doghouse on your grave 

When my earthly stay is over, sink my dead body in the sea 

You can tell my false hearted lover that the whales will watch over me 

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Baggy clothes are dropping from my body and wolves howl around my door 

May the man who won my darling girl will feel the bite of my forty-four 

Corn whiskey has wrecked my body and false hearted love is on my mind 

I've roamed the whole world over, pleasures here on earth I cannot find 

If I meet my darling girl again, Ill tell her about my troubles 

Id give her these false hearted lovers blues and leave her stranded in the shallows 

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I hope you take this warning, it is both for young and old 

Dont try to buy a womans love with the last dollar that you own 

Take warning you young ladies, with your love and honor you have shown 

For man will have no use for you when your dark hat turns to gold