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In The Pines

by Inga Liljeström

on We Have Tigers (2017)

My love, my love, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
I shivered the whole night through

My love, my love, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
I shivered the whole night through

My love, my love, what have I done
To make you treat me so
You caused me to weep
You caused me to mourn
You caused to lose my home

My husband was a railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in a driver's wheel
And his body has never been found

I buried my heart in the dirt and clay
I prayed to keep it safe
From the dogs that howl
And the wolves that prey
And the black bird and her temptress ways

I built me a nest from the wooded woods
And on the brambles I lay
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the long night through

My love, my love, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And the north winds blow

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And the north winds blow