It's the Best Thing for You

Weighted down by possessions 
  Weighted down by the gun 
  Waited down by the river for you to come 

  My darling, you're darning my action 
  Of when three months, I was gone 
  But whose socks were you darning, darling 
  While I been gone so long? 

  Weighted down by possessions 
  Weighted down by the gun 
  Waited down by the river for you to come 

  A best friend to your ear of true said I was guilty of sin 
  Said my being gone was the best thing for you 
  But the truth, it all comes through for me and my kin 
  It wasn't the best thing for me but was the best for him 

  Weighted down by decision 
  Weighted down by the gun 
  Waited down by the river for you to come 

  Weighted down by possessions 
  Weighted down by the gun 
  Waited down by the river for you to come 

  While I sat there wondering, you thought that eyes were hid 
  And I had the honor of watching everything you did 
  So now I come with words of pain to bring you news of life 
  If you can't find your woman, don't take another's wife 

  Waiting down by possessions 
  Waiting down with a gun 
  Waiting down by the river for you to come