On The Road To Fairfax County Lyrics - The Roches

Oh, once I loved an outlaw 

He came and stole my heart 

Oh, how I count the hours 

Since we were torn apart 

On the road to Fairfax County 

I spied a highwayman 

He wanted all my money 

My heart beat like a drum 

I gave him all my money 

And sweet he smiled at me 

His beauty I took pity 

Beneath the black oak tree 

We kissed but for an hour 

The sun was newly warm 

The clouds were as the flowers 

That bloom but for a morn 

He gave back all my money 

And bowed most gallantly 

He promised for to meet me 

That night beneath the tree 

We'd flee to some far island 

And there we would be wed 

And freely we would live there 

With no price upon his head 

That night I went to meet him 

With my inheritance 

He kissed me 'neath the half moon 

And joyful we did dance 

Oh, love betrays all secrets 

It whispers in the breeze 

The Sheriff, he did follow 

With all his deputies 

Like hounds rushing to slaughter 

The fox whose luck is run 

And he stood erect and cursed them 

God damn you every one 

They seized him in a fury 

And heeding not my pleas 

They hung him from the oak tree 

Where he made love to me 

Ohh, once I loved an outlaw 

He came and stole my heart 

Oh, how I count the hours 

Since we were torn apart