The Del McCoury Band - Cold Cheater's Heart lyrics

It's an old familiar story of a boy and a girl And a love that went wrong from the start How Bobby he loved Mary and she thought she loved him But she found she had a cold cheater's heart And that life out on the farm ain't what she had in mind When she promised to honor and obey So she took to runnin' round all over town Ain't it funny how life turns out that way The years have tumbled by Bobby turned an ol' blind eye To the things he hoped just weren't true And then came that fateful day when he had been away Oh they say he came home just too soon He found them lyin' there oh it was more than he could bear He found a gun she cried don't be rash But two shots filled the air he stood right there and stared The deed was done it was over in a flash That old judge looked down and sighed he said Bobby you'll have to die The law is clear and it must take its toll Think on the deed you've done your race on earth is run And may God have mercy on your soul On a cold November morn in a prison so forlorn The warden prayed as did the parson too And the crowd gathered there they heard him loud and clear His final words were Mary I love you It's an old familiar story of a boy and a girl And a love that went wrong from the start How Bobby he loved Mary and she thought she loved him But she found she had a cold cheater's heart