Standin' by your window in pain, a pistol in your hand   And I beg you, dear Molly, girl   Try and understand your man the best you can      Across The Great Divide, just grab your hat, and take that ride   Get yourself a bride, and bring your children down to the river side      I had a goal in my younger days, I nearly wrote my will   But I changed my mind for the better   I'm at the still, had my fill and I'm fit to kill      Across The Great Divide, just grab your hat, and take that ride   Get yourself a bride, and bring your children down to the river side      Pinball machine, and a Queen, I nearly took a bust   Tried to keep my hands to myself, you say it's a must   But who can you trust?      Harvest moon shinin' down from the sky, a weary sign for all   I'm gonna leave this one horse town, had to stall till the fall   Now I'm gonna crawl, across The Great Divide      Now Molly dear, don't you shed a tear   Your time will surely come, you'll feed your man chicken every Sunday   Now tell me, hon, what you done with the gun      Across The Great Divide, just grab your hat, and take that ride   Get yourself a bride, and bring your children down to the river side