Go away, Maggie!
The children are crying in their beds.
I can smell the smoke and whiskey on you
Humming in a cloud around your head.
You look just like the devil
The way your brown eyes glow bright red--
The way your brown eyes glow bright red.
Shut your mouth, baby!
How can you laugh at the things you do?
Our kids are afraid to call your name--
You don't believe it but it's true.
You were brought up better, baby--
What in the hell's become of you?
What in the hell has become of you?
CHORUS:
Go away, Maggie, go away!
Go away, Maggie, go away!
It don't matter how I found out
Don't matter who's to blame.
I've just got to find a way to live my life again.
Go away, Maggie, go away.
Sleep tonight where you've been sleeping--
We'll be gone when you get home.
We can't wait for the chickens to come back to roost--
I think the fox got everyone.
But come the day of judgment
You'll be sorry you were born.
You'll be sorry you were born.
CHORUS
The children are crying in their beds.
I can smell the smoke and whiskey on you
Humming in a cloud around your head.
You look just like the devil
The way your brown eyes glow bright red--
The way your brown eyes glow bright red.
Shut your mouth, baby!
How can you laugh at the things you do?
Our kids are afraid to call your name--
You don't believe it but it's true.
You were brought up better, baby--
What in the hell's become of you?
What in the hell has become of you?
CHORUS:
Go away, Maggie, go away!
Go away, Maggie, go away!
It don't matter how I found out
Don't matter who's to blame.
I've just got to find a way to live my life again.
Go away, Maggie, go away.
Sleep tonight where you've been sleeping--
We'll be gone when you get home.
We can't wait for the chickens to come back to roost--
I think the fox got everyone.
But come the day of judgment
You'll be sorry you were born.
You'll be sorry you were born.
CHORUS