Child Bride

Written by Stephen McCarthy and Greg Sowders

Phil said that night he cried

'Cause on the wedding night she tied

All the things he tried to do

Seemed in vane and made him blue

Now she's gone and who knows why

Ran off with old occasion guy

Relative on mother's side

'Cause baby girl's a child bride

This way of life like no other

Cousins marry sister or a brother

Interbred and hardly fed

Not knowing at all

Now he remembers the stories repeating

In '62 a cousin wearing his ring

Says she's gone and gone for good

Ain't coming back

Yeah she left and caused a scene

Barely turned aged thirteen

Sweetest girl he's ever seen

Now she's gone to New Orleans

This way of life like no other

Cousins marry sister or a brother

Interbred and hardly fed

Not knowing at all

Now he remembers the stories repeating

In '62 a cousin wearing his ring

Says she's gone and gone for good

Ain't coming back

Phil said that night he cried

'Cause on the wedding night she tied

All the things he tried to do

Seemed in vane and made him blue

Now she's gone and who knows why

Ran off with old occasion guy

A relative on mother's side

'Cause baby girl's a child bride

© Stephen McCarthy and Greg Sowders

Published by Huevos Rancheros/Bug Music Ltd