Song Lyrics

As I walked in to the Wayside Tavern
The smell of drink was in the air
I threw my money on the table
A pretty girl standing there

My thoughts they drifted, oh so helpless
To the look upon her lovely face
I knew she was my kind of woman
No one could ever take her place

I said I'm working one town over
I would just love to see you home
She said young man that is my pleasure
And soon we found ourselves alone

And then our arms were
around each other
I felt a knife stick in my back
I turned and saw her lover running
She said his name was Baroom Jack

I did not know she had a lover
I did not know he was around
Until the fate of death had struck me
And now I sleep beneath the ground

Carter Stanley

The duration of Wayside Tavern is 4:21 minutes and seconds.