On the Road to Fairfax County (1992)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] O once I loved an outlaw He came and stole my heart O how I count the hours Since we were torn apart [Verse 2] On the road to Fairfax County I spied a highwayman He wanted all my money My heart beat like a drum [Verse 3] I gave him all my money And sweet he smiled at me His beauty I took pity Beneath a black oak tree [Verse 4] We kissed but for an hour The sun was newly warm The clouds were as the flowers That bloom but for a morn [Verse 5] He gave back all my money And bowed most gallantly He promised for to meet mе That night beneath the tree [Verse 6] Wе'd flee to some far island And there we would be wed And freely we would live there With no price upon his head [Instrumental Break] [Verse 7] That night I went to meet him With my inheritance He kissed me 'neath the half moon And joyful we did dance [Verse 8] O love betrays all secrets It whispers in the breeze The sheriff, he did follow With all his deputies [Verse 9] Like hounds rushing to slaughter The fox whose luck is run And he stood erect and cursed them "Goddamn you every one!" [Verse 10] They seized him in a fury And heeding not my plea They hung him from the oak tree Where he made love to me [Verse 1] O once I loved an outlaw He came and stole my heart O how I count the hours Since we were torn apart