The Tempt

I’m takin’ the train back home
I’m takin’ the train back home
I lost ‘em in the rain, to the police I’m a pain
So I’m takin’ the train back home

Gonna slip in through the back door
Gonna slip in through the back door
Gonna kiss my sweet Marie and ask her to run with me
Then we’ll slip out back through the back door

Gonna head down south to Mexico
Gonna head down south to Mexico
Swim across the Rio Grande where we’ll make our weddin’ plan
Get married way down south in Mexico

We’ll build us a shack on the coast
We’ll build us a shack on the coast
Gonna build us a shack ‘cause we won’t be goin’ back
We’ll just stay in that shack on the coast

We’ll raise ourselves a family
We’ll raise ourselves a family
They’ll grow up like their pa and start runnin’ from the law
Turn their back on their only family

On second thought I won’t take that train
On second thought I won’t take that train
If I did my heart would break so I won’t make that mistake
No I won’t lose my children in vain

I realize I can’t escape my fate
I realize I can’t escape my fate
But I wonder what will be of my darlin’ sweet Marie
Will she end up with another lawless mate

So I’m takin’ that train back home
You know I’m takin’ that train back home
It may already to late but I’ll try to tempt my fate
I am takin’ that train back home

By Royce Waxenfelter
1/22/21
To the tune of ‘Last Fair Deal Gone Down’ by Robert Johnson