Lyrics

Bye bye Madeline
I'm giving you up for sin
and I'm trading in the mandolin
that I gave you for your birthday

You said "Don't follow me to my grave
those hills are not so brave
besides I'm not the one to save you
from dieing from laughing again"

Those tears you shed aren't sad
not like the ones I've had
pouring out of my eyes like mad
like water from out of the fountain

I'll visit you any year
together we'll drown in beer
try to forget those years
and start all over again

Now I'm drinking beer
and plainly you're not here
I'm holding myself to fear
for forgetting all the music

For years I've lived in sin
Madeline two bottles of gin
and now I'm giving in
to the grave where I sent you