I've been running 'round these hills
Since I was twelve years old
I've come across some heartache
On every dusty road

These men they say they love me
You know they always lie
I think I find an honest one
And I have to say goodbye

Met that black widow woman
When I was drinkin at the bar
We did ourselves and eight ball
And we stole ourselves a car

Went on down to the river
In our brand new stolen truck
Steel. 45 to the back of my head
Knew I was shit out of luck
Black widow woman

Turning men to fools
Head on down to the blue ridge mountain
Hear that woman's news
Born in old Kentucky raised in West Virginia
Don't you know that damn
Black widow woman's gonna kill ya

I met that black widow woman
When I was seventeen
We lived down by them dusty mines
So I promised her a ring
I thought that evil woman

Had a heart of gold
Never knew she'd be a diamond
Turned back into coal
I've been running 'round these hills
And now I'm growing old

I've come across some heartache
On every dusty road
These men they say they love me
You know they always lie
Thought I had an honest one
But I had to say goodbye