Long before the screen door slammed, she was out of xenia A stranger could have loved that town but she had to leave I wish i'd gotten to know her before i fell in love I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this cautionary tale But i swore i'd be true and i'll swear and i'll swear 'til kitten's out of jail It was like a tv show, the way she stole that car Easy now to criticize, easy now to talk I thought my luck was changing, i guess i was wrong I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this cautionary tale But i swore i'd be true and i'll swear and i'll swear 'til kitten's out of jail Didn't want to be a slave Just turned out that way I wish i'd gotten to know her before i fell in love I could say she's to blame, say she's the man in this cautionary tale But i swore i'd be true and i'll swear and i'll swear 'til kitten's out of jail