Steve Earle - Carrie Brown lyrics

The first time i saw carrie brown She was so young and fair A voice like spring rain fallin' down and sunlight in her hair I'd never seen her face before so i asked all around Her daddy owns a grocery store and she lives in bristol town Carrie darlin' carrie carrie brown i cry If i can't marry carrie brown believe i'd rather die I laid my last ten dollars down Though i didn't need a thing Just to touch sweet carrie brown When she handed me my change I hung around My darlin' walkin' arm in arm With a boy named billy wise I walked around in bristol town a bitter broken man A heart that pined for carrie brown and a pistol in my hand We met again on state street poor billy wise and me I shot him in virginia and he died in tennessee Now i'm down in the bristol jail and all i do is cry I'm just a poor young mountain boy Ain't never been to town And i've come to ruination for the love of carrie brown