She Gave Her Heart to Jethro

(Tom T. Hall)



I guess you know Jethro went crazy we've all been crazy sometimes

They fixed up his lungs and his fever but they could not fix up his mind

He married a beautiful redhead of women they say she's a pearl

She gave her heart to Jethro and her body to the whole damned world.



Well Jethro had someone to talk to they were monsters and little green men

He never talked to his woman now he spent all his time with his friends

In the evenings she'd drive off and leave him she tossed back her long pretty curls

She gave her heart to Jethro and her body to the whole damned world.



Some friends came and begged her to leave him they said Jethro belongs in a home

She said my heart is Jethro's but my God-given body is my own

Now some of her lovers were strangers she gave everybody a whirl

She gave her heart to Jethro and her body to the whole damned world.



--- Instrumental ---



I know some will condemn me for writin' this song of a man and his wife

A man's not writin' if he can't relate all the things that he sees in his life

I know some will condemn me for cursin' but much can be said for this girl

Who gave her heart to old Jethro and her body to the whole damned world...