Jack Evans ft. the Coal Biters Lyrics

When Jack Evans turned up missing

Everybody thought they knew

He's just messing in the woods

With that Indian girl

Lots of soldiers had a girl or two

These boys think they're falling in love

Old dogs know it ain't true

There ain't no future

In a loving a woman like that

She's just there to get you through

She's just there to get you through

These boys just play at love

Sell promises

With a silver tongue

A stolen kiss

A burning glance

Standard issue

Cavalry romance

When two horses turned up gone

We took it as a clue

This wasn't just a quick trip to the woods this was something new

This was something new

And I got nothing against Jack Evans

But there are things you just don't do

He knew what we do to horse thieves

He knew we'd shoot him right through

Shoot that woman too

These boys just play at love

Sell promises

With a silver tongue

A stolen kiss

A burning glance

Standard issue

Cavalry romance

There were six we come to find

There were six who left that night

That fool took that girl's whole family

They left before the light

Left before the light

He's up north in those hills

I guess he was there a couple years past

A deserter and a half breed . . .

What kind of life is that?

What kind of life you gonna have?

Come on