Ten Miles Down the Nine Mile Road Songtext
von Scott Miller

Ten miles down the nine mile road
There lived a man named Wilson
A farmer with two worthless sons
But a daughter who was strong
It′s said she had a spiteful heart
And that her love was poison
Dolly Wilson was her name
And to her I was drawn
She nursed the old man to his grave
Soon after his wife Mary
The sons they farmed it to the ground
Till nothing there would grow
So she packed her bags and she headed north
Bound for Harpers Ferry
But settled down in Shepherdstown
In a house on Canal Road
Ten miles down the nine mile road
Before I realized that
Dolly's love was poison
Now it′s too far to turn back


Ten miles down the nine mile road
Waiting round the bend
Dolly Wilson's poison love
Here I come again
I fell hard and Dolly Wilson
Made me feel so worthy
But anything that feels that good
Can make you feel that bad
She'd breeze hot words into my neck
And scratch me without mercy
But call me by her brother′s name
Whenever she got mad
Ten miles down the nine mile road
Before I realized that
Dolly′s love was poison
Now it's too late to turn back
Ten miles down the nine mile road
Lying round the bend
Dolly Wilson′s poison love
Here I come again
Who can say what love weighs
But you know it's heavy
In spite of her I carried it
As far as I could go
Dolly Wilson′s poison love
Only leaves me empty
And I get my fill of empty
Ten miles down the nine mile road
Ten miles down the nine mile road
Before I realized that
The pleasingly unpleasable
Would keep me coming back
Ten miles down the nine mile road
Lying round the bend
Dolly Wilson's poison love
Here I come again