I Burndt the Little Roadside Tavern Down

Loretta Lynn · You're Lookin' at Country [1971]

Oh, I burnt the little roadside tavern down

The only one for miles and miles around

Now, it's a pile of ashes on the ground

Yeah, I burnt the little roadside tavern down.



Oh, I warned my man to just stay away from that tavern

Or I'll burn it down someday

I think he thought it was a joke until he smelled the smoke

Then he screaned that woman finally got her way.



Oh, I burnt the little roadside tavern down

The only one for miles and miles around

Now, it's a pile of ashes on the ground

Yeah, I burnt the little roadside tavern down.



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He acted like a man who'd lost it's mind

After he bought all those bottles of wine

You should have heard him talk and shout

As he tried to put it out.

Drowin' water on the bucket at a time



Oh I burnt the little roadside tavern down

The only one for miles and miles around

Now, it's a pile of ashes on the ground

Yeah, I burnt the little roadside tavern down.



Yes, I burnt the little roadside tavern down...