Iuka

Id never tell a man to ask my Daddy for my hand.
Ive got a thousand tales about the temper of that man.
Hed shoot a man who came within a mile of my young frame.
But I know that you will take the risk so I can take your name.
Youve got the ring; Ive got the keys and sixty miles a head.
Iuka, Mississippi, where the two of us will wed.
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi fore he knows the two of us have up and gone.
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home.
Never come home.
My daddy finally knocked a little sense right into me.
So I asked around until I found the Justice of the Peace.
The bruises on my body cant be hidden anymore.
So park your car upon the hill, Im headed out the door.
Step easy so my daddy doesnt hear us sneak away.
Hang around, hell shoot you down, thats why we just cant stay.
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi fore he knows the two of us have up and gone.
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home.
Follow close behind me, not much further now.
Oh, its just a shadow , I didnt hear a sound.
Aint no way he heard us, aint no way hell come.
I hear someone breathing, hold my hand and run.
Somewhere in the river theres a gun the devil owned .
Somehow everybody knew that everything was wrong.
A noose up in the maple tree; the old mans gonna pay.
Two headstones for two lovers who finally got away.
Take me down to Iuka , Mississippi fore he knows the two of us have up and gone.
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home.
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi fore he knows the two of us have up and gone.
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi we can run away and never come home.
Never come home.
Never come home.
Never come home.