Cold Black Heart Lyrics - 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor - Shawn Mullins

I once had a true love 

Her name was Maggie Brown 

Her eyes they were the color 

Of the sun burning down 

And she had hair that smelled like jasmine 

I loved her from the start 

How was I to know she'd have 

A cold black heart 

Well, Maggie was my true love 

The only kiss I knew 

I'd meet her at the oak tree 

In the cool evening dew 

Where we would walk beside the levee 

Our fingers intertwined 

While the crimson moon gazed through 

The needles of the pines 

We'd lay beside each other 

Staring at the sky 

Listenin' to the whistlin' 

Of the train blowin' by 

As it was on it's way to Macon 

The town where I was born 

We'd make love in the darkness 

'Til the hours of the morn 

Waterfalls and rainbows 

Sweet salvation sin 

As I lay there sleeping 

Against her golden skin 

My friends now gather around 

And listen close the story takes a turn 

I wasn't fair young Maggie's 

Only lover I did learn 

I went down by the oak tree 

Lookin' for my lass 

And walked east towards the levee 

With the sunset in my past 

And then I ran through briers and brambles 

Until I finally found 

My Maggie and her true love 

There lyin' on the ground 

My eyes they filled with fire 

They didn't see me there 

I watched as she made love to him 

Caressed him with her hair 

I don't remember how it happened 

I guess I just saw red 

I drew my pistol from my belt 

And shot them graveyard dead 

I once loved a maiden 

Her name was Maggie Brown 

But now I'm riding on a boxcar 

Back to Macon town 

The setting sun will never let me forget 

What deed I have done 

Until the day they hunt me down 

I'm livin' on the run