Story Behind The Song

A very bostroious, arrogant, hateful, spitful, mean, old woman I once knew.

Song Description

A legendary female outlaw of years ago and spirit of her is still present to this day.

Lyrics

?BALLAD OF CLEO?
Timothy Lee
copyright 2004


From the Badlands of Kansas, a legend born to be
They say there lived the meanest woman the west had ever seen
Some called her outlaw, some EL Diabla
Others even feared to even speak the name-- of Cleo

Cleo became a legend, while in her younger days
When she beat a young man half to death for cursing in her face
They say the man was lucky, his life was spared to tell
The story of the vicious wrath of hell-- of Cleo

And they say today the ghost of her still roams across the range
When the wind blows it carries Cleo?s sprit across the plains
She?s the howl of the blizzard, she?s the chill in the cold
When you feel a fear way deep inside in your soul-- yes it?s Cleo

People through the years, stayed out of Cleo?s way
They knew one fatal, slip of the tongue could put ?em in their graves
She could slap a man half silly, scare a woman half to death
Terrorize all walks of life who dared to cross the path-- of Cleo

And they say today the ghost of her still roams across the range
When the wind blows it carries Cleo?s sprit across the plains
She?s the howl of the blizzard, she?s the chill in the cold
When you feel a fear way deep inside in your soul-- yes it?s Cleo

She?s the howl of the blizzard, she?s the chill in the cold
When you feel a fear way deep inside in your soul-- it?s the ghost of Cleo

It?s the ghost of Cleo, the chill in the wind
?Cowboy?s beware of Cleo