Annie Ford - Mt. Desolation

I met Annie Ford out on the Great West road

Soaking through and thumbing for a ride

She sat there on her suitcase in her dancing dress

I would’ve been a fool to pass her by

And as we sped across the night

We told our stories by the light

Of the stars that lead us home

Each time we strayed

Me and Annie talked till dawn

When we reached her old man’s farm

And I said so long;

guess I’ll be on my way

I started meeting Annie by the old sawmill

Wasting time and drinking in the day

Courting her was easy with her smile like that

Loving her was easy in the night

Well, me and Annie set a date

And had a wedding in the spring

Man, you should’ve heard that old church choir sing

It didn’t take us very long

Till the baby came along

Well we named him Tom and settled into life

But at night death came around

And Annie left without a sound

But the trouble with this life, is it doesn’t last so long

And your love can be divided overnight

Now it’s only me and Tom

Now our wife and mother’s gone

Well I told the Lord ' I just don’t think it’s right'