John Prine - Austin City Limits
At ACL Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX, USA
Jun 5, 2018 / Tour: The Tree of Forgiveness
At ACL Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX, USA
Jun 5, 2018 / Tour: The Tree of Forgiveness
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00:00Standing at a pistol
00:30Standing by a piece for a while
00:35Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
00:40Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
00:46Many years ago
00:53Along the Illinois-Wisconsin border
00:56There was this Indian tribe
00:59They found two babies in the woods
01:02White babies
01:04One of them was named Elizabeth
01:06And she was the fairer of the two
01:09A while the smaller and more fragile one
01:13Was named Marie
01:14Having never seen white girls before
01:24And living on the two lakes known as the Twin Lakes
01:28They named the larger and more beautiful lake
01:31Lake Elizabeth
01:32And thus the smaller lake that was hidden from the highway
01:37Became known forever as
01:40Lake Marie
01:42We were standing
01:48Standing by a piece for a while
01:54Standing by a piece for a while
02:00Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
02:04Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
02:06Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
02:10Many years ago
02:18I found myself talking to this girl
02:23Who was standing there
02:26With her back turned to Lake Marie
02:29The wind was blowing
02:33Especially through her hair
02:36There was four Italian sausages
02:40Cooking on the outdoor grill
02:42Man, they were sizzling
02:46Many years later
02:52We found ourselves up in Canada
02:54Trying to say about marriage
02:57And perhaps
02:59Catch a few fish
03:02Whatever came first
03:06That night she fell asleep in my arms
03:10Humming the tune to Louis Louis
03:13Oh, baby
03:17We gotta go now
03:22We were standing
03:25Standing by a piece for a while
03:31Standing by a piece for a while
03:37Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
03:42Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
03:48Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
03:54The dogs were barking
04:00As the cars were barking
04:02The loon sharks were shocking
04:05And the narks were knocking
04:08Practically everyone was there
04:11In the parking lot
04:13By the forest preserve
04:14The police had found
04:17Two bodies in the woods
04:18Nay
04:19Naked bodies
04:21And their faces have been
04:24Horribly disfigured
04:25By some kind of
04:27Sharp object
04:28Saw it on the news, you know
04:31In a black and white video
04:34You know what blood looks like
04:37In black and white, don't you?
04:39Shadows
04:40Shadows
04:41That's what it looks like
04:51All the love we shared
04:54Between her and me, that is
04:57Man, it was slammed
04:59Slammed up against the banks
05:03Of old Nick Marie
05:05Remembering
05:07Remembering
05:08Remembering
05:08Staying me
05:14Standing at a peaceful while
05:19Standing at a peaceful while
05:25Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
05:28Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
05:30Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
05:36Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
05:42Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
05:43Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
05:47Standing at a peaceful while
05:51With my bad girl
05:54Wake up, my little Susie
05:59Even babies like a cha-cha-cha
06:29Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
06:31Oh-ah-oh-ah-oh
06:32Oh-ah-oh-oh
06:33Oh-ah-oh-oh
06:34Oh-ah-oh-oh
06:35Oh-ah-oh-oh
06:36Oh-ah-oh-oh
06:37Oh-ah-oh-oh
06:38Oh-ah-oh
06:39Oh-ah-oh
06:40Oh-ah-oh
06:41Oh-ah-oh
06:42Oh-ah-oh
06:43Oh-ah-oh
06:44Oh-ah-oh
06:45Oh-ah-oh
06:46Oh-ah-oh
06:47Oh-ah-oh
06:48Oh-ah-oh
06:49Oh-ah-oh
06:50Oh-ah-oh
06:51Oh-ah-oh
06:52Oh-ah-oh
06:53Oh-ah-oh
06:54Oh-ah-oh
06:55Oh-ah-oh
06:56Oh-ah-oh
06:57Oh-ah-oh