She knew she couldn’t trust him, she knew he fooled around

With every barfly down at Roland’s and an old girlfriend back in town

He’d pump gas from 5 to 4:30 then head to Roland’s for some brews

Every tip he earned he squandered or he burned on some drunken Mary Lou

After 20 years of understanding and looking the other way

This time it would take something drastic, something real to set him straight

Her friends they all knew she loved him, her family they knew too

Yet she didn’t bat an eye when the police asked her why

She just said she did what she had to do

She Killed For Love

She Killed For Love

The town folk they believed she was crazy, the headline in the local news agreed

And talk around the bar at Roland’s was whether she’d do time or get set free

The proof was strong enough to go to trial, at least that’s what the prosecutor said

Her best friend told the judge that she knew he’d hold a grudge

And implied she’d rather see him dead

She Killed For Love

She Killed For Love

The boys at Roland’s claimed she was guilty, the ladies they responded “Not so fast”

Everyone there knew that he swore he’d kill her too if she found out about his cheating past

When it was time for her to tell her story of the hurtin’ and the heartache she endured

The jury all agreed that she deserved to be set free, so she got up and

Walked out the courthouse door

She Killed For Love

She Killed For Love