The Wig He Made Her Wear

Song The Wig He Made Her Wear
Artist Drive-By Truckers
Album The Big To Do

Lyrics

[00:34.78] It was as open and shut as anything I have seen
[00:39.14] He was a pillar of town, his reputation was clean
[00:43.26] It was right before Easter in the first week of spring
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[00:51.50] He didn't show up for service that Wednesday night
[00:56.13] The congregation knew something weren't right
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[01:00.88] Blood on the bed when they opened doorthe
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[01:05.01] The preacher was dead on the bedroom floor
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[01:09.13] And everyone knew there had to be some outside thing
[01:14.06] That made this happen
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[01:17.24] Because they seemed like the perfect family
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[01:25.23] He'd been shot in the back a day before he was found
[01:29.74] His wife and three kids were nowhere around
[01:33.89] An Amber Alert was issued in town
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[01:42.90] Everyone was shocked at the scene of the crime
[01:46.65] She'd taken the kids across two state lines
[01:50.83] Found her in Orange Beach with the kids in the car
[01:55.19] Sent back to Selmer to await her trial for first-degree murder
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[02:16.54] Was she crazy or just plain old mean
[02:20.28] To have gone and done it?
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[02:24.50] She said she heard the bang and was afraid he'd be mad
[02:28.74] And made a run for it
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[02:32.61] Said, they were having a fight and the gun was a bluff
[02:36.97] She didn't pull the trigger it just went off
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[02:41.34] Said that he berated her about everything
[02:45.73] Made her do things that made her feel so ashamed
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[02:50.03] Nobody at church would ever suspect
[02:53.76] Made her dress up slutty before they had sex
[02:58.01] In the courtroom that day there was an audible gasp
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[03:02.52] What they put up on display the locals couldn't quite grasp
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[03:14.62] There was an audible gasp in the courtroom that day
[03:19.24] When the defense pulled out and displayed
[03:23.53] Them high-heeled shoes and that wig he made her wear
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[03:32.09] Reduced her charge to voluntary manslaughter
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[03:40.12] And I ain't judging either way but she's already out of jail
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[03:48.30] And it was them high-heeled shoes and that wig he made her wear
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