Ten Miles Down The Nine Mile Road

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[Verse 1]
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Ten miles down the nine mile road lived a man named Wilson
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A farmer with two worthless sons but a daughter who was strong
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It’s said she had spiteful heart and that her love was poison
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Dolly Wilson was her name and to her I was drawn

[Verse 2]
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She nursed the old man to his grave, soon after his wife married
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The sons they farmed it to the ground till nothing there would grow
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So she packed her bags and headed north, bound for Harper’s Ferry
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But settled down in Shepherd’s Town in a house on Canal Road

[Chorus]
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Ten miles down the nine mile road
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Before I realized that
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Dolly’s love was poison now it’s too far to turn back
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Ten miles down the nine mile road
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Waiting round the bend
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Dolly Wilson’s poison love, here I come again

[Verse 3]
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Now I fell hard and Dolly Wilson made me feel so worthy
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But anything that makes you feel that good can make you feel that bad
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She breathed hot words into my neck, scratched me without mercy
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But called me by her brother’s name whenever she got mad

[Chorus]
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Ten miles down the nine mile road
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Before I realized that
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Dolly’s love was poison now it’s too late to turn back
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Ten miles down the nine mile road
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Lying round the bend
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Dolly Wilson’s poison love, here I come again

[Verse 4]
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Who can say what love weighs, but you know it’s heavy
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In spite of her I carried it as far as I could go
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Dolly Wilson’s poison love only leaves me empty
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And I get my fill of empty ten miles down the nine mile road

[Chorus]
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Ten miles down the nine mile road
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Before I realized that
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Pleasing the unpleaseable would keep me coming back
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Ten miles down the nine mile road
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Lying round the bend
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Dolly Wilson’s poison love, here I come again