She was the smiling girl It could light up the world and well did she know That she had a hold on a man the more that she showed to a man The more she controlled 'cause she was the smiling girl They said keep away from the girl she nothing bads And she had a jealous man said she wanted rid of him She lay by my side an' he was the hard working kind Nothing but her on his mind she was his prize 'Cause she was the smiling girl What do you want from me girl blood on my hands ooh when Oh boy you were warned this would happen And oh lord you'd have known this was coming Yeah he came out looking for her he found us both together Beware the wrath of the jealous man if he could not be with her Then she could be with no other and so it is and will always be