Vera Flew the Coop (Live)

Vera flew the coop when she was only soft sixteen
 She hopped the first and fastest train with some lousy libertine
 He'd spun a pretty story and he'd stole away her youth
 And everyone was shocked, 'cuz Vera always told the truth
 Oh, her slip surprised 'em all, 'cuz Vera always told the truth
 Oh, but Vera dumped that lyin' lout in the dust behind the train
 He'd angled for a child, but he caught a heartless hurricane
 He wasn't worth a bullet; she just pushed him off the side
 And she thanked him for her freedom — she was eternally polite
 Oh, Vera thanked him for his trouble, cuz she was nothin' but polite
 Li li li li...
 Vera ran with lawless men who trembled when she talked
 She never flinched, she never smiled, and her gun was always cocked
 By twenty-one she'd terrorized the whole of the frontier
 They feared her fateful justice, for they knew Vera was sincere
 Oh, they ran from Vera's posse cuz she was perfectly sincere
 Vera rode alone the whole of her ferocious life
 She never met a boy she didn't think deserved the knife
 Not a one of them was worthy in her steady steely eyes
 Cuz they all fronted for their flaws, and Vera always sneered at lies
 Yes, she found all men were liars, and Vera couldn't live with lies
 Li li li li...
 It was not till Vera's dying day her hard heart met desire
 For the man who shot her through was the only man she could admire
 That mortal wound awoke in her a fire no balm could soothe –
 She said, "I think I love you," and Vera always told the truth
 As she died, she said, "I love you," and Vera always told the truth
 Li li li li...