"Well, she was bruised
and broke from head to toe,
With a tear in in blood stained shirt,
She didn't tell the whole truth,
but she didn't have to ,
I know what had happened,
I didn't load her down with questions,
That girl had been through enough...
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**** I got turned around in some little town I'd never been to before Workin' my way through a middle of June Midnight thunderstorm There was somethin' in the headlights That stopped me on a dime Well, she was scared to death So I said, "Climb in," and in she climbed, oh, yeah Well, she was bruised and broke from head to toe With a tear in her blood-stained shirt She didn't tell the whole truth 'cause she didn't have to I knew what had happened to her I didn't load her down with questions That girl had been through enough I just threw it in drive, looked in those eyes And asked her where he was **** I don't know if he's an angel 'Cause angels don't do what he did He was hellbent to find the man behind All the whiskey scars I hid I never thought my day of justice Would come from a judge under his seat But I knew right then I'd never get hit again when he said to me "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck" **** Well, I knocked and knocked and no one came So I kicked in his double-wide door I let the hammer drop before he got To that twelve he was reachin' for I didn't try to hide my pistol I didn't even try to run [just sat on the porch, smokin' one of his cigarettes And waited for the cops to come **** I don't know if he's an angel 'Cause angels don't do what he did He was hellbent to find the man behind All the whiskey scars I hid I never thought my day of justice Would come from a judge under his seat But I knew right then I'd never get hit again when he said to me "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck" Whoa Have mercy on me, Lord Have mercy on me Have mercy on me, Lord **** It's been sixty months and she still comes To see me from time to time It was worth the price to see a brighter side Of the girl I picked up that night And I might be here forever It ain't paradise, that's true But it's a whole hell of a lot better Than the place I sent him to, yeah "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck" "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck" Have mercy on me, Lord, have mercy on me Have mercy on me, Lord, have mercy on me "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck" "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck". **** Annette Heppon changed her fate that night ... ****
