Oh Liza, oh Liza, it's time To make our run in the night Across the lower 40 and through the break in the pines Oh Liza, oh Liza, it's time I met you in the Spring one cold, crazy day Snow falling with bright sunshine I never understood a word that you said Something about the blue in your mind You told your father I was an evil man And he cornered me at the feed store in town He said, "dont you go near Liza boy or I'll put you in the ground" All I could do was crack a smile Oh Liza, oh Liza, it's time To make our run in the night Across the lower 40 and through the break in the pines Oh Liza, oh Liza, it's time I dreamed we danced a waltz right up to the timberline And tiptoed along the power wires Your brown hair was trailing us half a mile behind Oh Liza, I dreamed you were mine You told your brother I was an evil man And he came at me with a machete in his hand But he never saw my pistol Lord and when he hit the ground His eyes were shiny, silver and wild Oh Liza, Oh Liza, you're mine I wouldn't try to struggle or fight Across the swollen river and to the old abandoned mine Oh Liza, Oh Liza you're mine