Dolorean
Hannibal, MO
I had a true love from Hannibal
Where the Mississippi turns flat and wide
We'd lay out on the sandbars And fall asleep to the barges and the fireflies
And I killed my true love from Hannibal
She was nineteen and I was twenty-two
Summer was ending and she was leaving soon To study writing on the east coast
And I worked in my father's shop Fixing air conditioners and heating pumps
Going to college never made much sense to me I wanted to keep my true love close to me
The summers are hot in Hannibal The summers there are unbearable
So we'd steal down to the water's edge And cool off in the river's ebb
One night we decided what we would do Swim to the middle âtil our strength gave out
Where the current was strong and deep Together we'd be pulled down to sleep
So we swam âtil our bodies were weak
I watched my true love get washed out to sea
I felt a terrible grip from beneath
The river took her but it didn't take me
Letras de cancionesIn St. Louis there's a prison cell It'll be twelve more years âtil I get out
When I do her father says he'll shoot me down If I don't do it myself
Most days I just try and sleep I dream of Hannibal when it was in between
It's not quite day and it's not yet night
We fall asleep to the barges and the fireflies
From Letras Mania