Long before the screen door slammed   she was out of Xenia   Stranger could have loved that town   but she had to leave   Wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love      I could say who's to blame, say who's the man   in this cautionary tale   But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear   'til Kitten's out of jail      It was like a TV show, the way she stole that car   Easy now to criticize, easy now to talk   I thought my luck was changing   I guess I was wrong      I could say who's to blame, say who's the man    in this cautionary tale   But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear   'til Kitten's out of jail      Didn't want to be a slave, just turned out that way      I wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love   I could say she's to blame, say she's the man   in this cautionary tale   But I swore I'd be true, and I'll swear and I'll swear   'til Kitten's out of jail