There's a Gun Still Smokin' in Nashville lyrics

She was sixteen on her own

With no place to call her home

She had the dreams of a child

But the heart of a woman turned to stone

And every night she slept

She never woke up alone

When Annie was around, she'd get the party going on

She fell in love with a man who knew her past

But only asked her stay by him

A few years went by, a child came

And so did her bad ways again

And one night when she was more than lonely

She called an old obliging friend

And while they held each other

The man who really loved her happened to walk in

Chorus:

Tonight there's a gun still smoking in Nashville

And Annie's dying in bed

He pulled that gun from the closet

And put a bullet in her head

And his child cried, "Daddy, what you do that for?"

But he didn't hear the words he said

All he saw was his wife with another man lying naked in his bed

Well, they buried Annie two days later

In the early morning dew

And the little boy was crying for his mama

And so was his daddy, too

And he said, "Son, I'll get back to you,

God willing, in a year or two

Try to forgive me, 'cause all I got is you."

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• Artist:Vicki Lawrence