I saw her in Roosevelt Springs, where time doesn't touch anything   She never did say she could sing, but I figured it so   I needed some company then, not sisters or children or men   That's a hell of a spot to be in, but she put me in tow      Money and liquor and lust had taken my heart and my trust   I could see ashes and dust were headed my way   She tended bar in the town   Her alto settled me down   I started hanging around   Didn't need much to say      She smelled like cigarettes and wine   and she kept me happy all the time   I know that ain't much of a line   but it's the Gods' own truth   She lives down inside of me still   rolled up like a twenty dollar bill   She left me alone with these pills   in the last of my youth      Wings on her shoulders and feet, a bar on Gethsemane Street   I took time to plan my retreat, and backed out the door   I must be attracted to those who've witnessed a man in the throes   of life that ain't grindstone to nose, but pedal to floor      She smelled like cigarettes and wine   and she kept me happy all the time   I know that ain't much of a line   but it's the Gods' own truth   She lives down inside of me still   rolled up like a twenty dollar bill   She left me alone with these pills   in the last of my youth      Lost on the dry side of town   my memories slowing me down   she shook me and I came around   I came back to life   With nary a mother or dad   she showed me what I never had   the princess of leaves, she gets sad   'cause I won't take a wife      She smelled like cigarettes and wine   and she kept me happy all the time   I know that ain't much of a line   but it's the Gods' own truth   She lives down inside of me still   rolled up like a twenty dollar bill   She left me alone with these pills   in the last of my youth