Marian Call - Vera Flew the Coop Lyrics
Vera flew the coop when she was only soft sixteenShe hopped the first and fastest train with some lousy libertineHe'd spun a pretty story and he'd stole away her youthAnd everyone was shocked 'cos Vera always told the truthOh, her slip surprised them all 'cos Vera always told the truthVera dumped that lying lout in the dust behind the trainHe'd angled for a child but caught a heartless hurricaneHe wasn't worth a bullet, she just pushed him off the sideAnd she thanked him for her freedom, she was eternally politeVera thanked him for his trouble, she was nothing but politeVera ran with lawless men who trembled when she talkedShe never flinched, she never smiled, and her gun was always *****edAt twenty-one she terrorized the whole of the frontierAnd they feared her faithful justice, they knew Vera was sincereOh, they ran from Vera's posse 'cos she was perfectly sincereVera rode alone the whole of her ferocious lifeShe'd never met a boy she didn't think deserved the knifeNot a one of them was worthy in her steady steely eyes'Cos they all fronted for their flaws and Vera always sneered at liesYeah, she found all men were liars and Vera couldn't live with liesIt was not 'till Vera's dying days her hard heart met desireThe man who shot her through was the only man she could admireThat mortal wound awoke in her a fire no balm could sootheAnd she said "I think I love you" and Vera always told the truthOh, as she died she said "I love you" and Vera always told the truth
