The Boston States by The Stanfields from Death & Taxes (2012)...not sure i got this right...all edits welcome....Em G D EmWhen I was just a boy, I knew this little girl a pretty little thing names JosephineG D CTiny little lust in our tiny little world I was willing she was pretty long and leanAm G D EmWe first made love in the summer, her daddy found out that fallC GHer beat her with his fists upon the lips that I just kissedD Em C G D EmAnd shipped her off down to the Boston States, oh, he shipped her off down to the Boston StatesWhen I turned 17 I joined the King's Marine, took my place among the world of menTwo years since I'd seen, my pretty Josephine, I wondered if I'd see her face againThen the news came of rebellion down New England wayWe sailed in the spring in the Name of the KingAnd shipped me off down to the Boston States, oh, they shipped her off down to the Boston StatesWe marched to Concorde Town to unleash hell and fury to teach the rebel scum the art of warThey beat us back they shot me down they dragged my ass on into town with a deadman than I'd run through beforeIn a solitary act of retribution they laid me at his widows feetI raised my eyes to see my pretty JosephineA twist of fate down in the Boston States, oh, a twist of fate down in the Boston StatesThe well inside my heart is dry and reminiscing fool am I, holdin' on to memories of oldA potent brew of love and guilt plan a seed and love first spilt a strappin manthe surely was my ownShe bid me well and begged I'd take the boy back home to Port Shoreham with meShe gave to me the sweetest kiss and then she slit her wristsand died for nothing down in the Boston States, died for nothing down in the Boston States.Josephine, if you could see our boy now you be so proud you'd be happyI did my best to raise him on my own in your memoryHe asks about u from time to time I never know what to saySo on this lonesome night I told him that you diedA hero down in the Boston states oh a hero down in the Boston states.
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