She Gave Her Heart To Jethro - Tom T. Hall

I guess you know Jethro went crazy

We’ve all been crazy sometimes

They fixed up his lungs and his fever

But they could not fix up his mind

He married a beautiful redhead

Of women they say, she’s a pearl

She gave her heart to Jethro

And her body to the whole damn world

Well, Jethro had someone to talk to

They were monsters and little green men

He never talked to his woman

Naw, he spent all his time with his friends

In the evenings she’d drive off and leave him

She tossed back her long pretty curls

She gave her heart to Jethro

And her body to the whole damn world

Some friends came and begged her to leave him

They said, Jethro belongs in a home

She said, my heart is Jethro’s

But my God given body is my own

Now some of her lovers were strangers

She gave everybody a whirl

She gave her heart to Jethro

And her body to the whole damn world

I know some will condemn me for writin'

This song of a man and his wife

A man’s not writin' if he can’t relate

All the things that he sees in his life

I know some will condemn me for cursin'

But much can be said for this girl

Who gave her heart to ol' Jethro

And her body to the whole damn world