He's the one who sent me here
To sing you one last song
To make you smile, to bring you back

But I'm the one who's singing you
These new words to familiar tunes
To make you feel the love you lack

So pay me no heed, I'm just a messenger
Bringing you sweet nothings from your man in Cell Block 5
And come the spring, he'll be a free bird ready to alight
On the courthouse steps and collect his bride

Believe me when I tell you
My intentions they are pure
But I see what it is he sees in you

When a man gets to pouring out
Another man's heart, it's bound to happen:
Some of mine leaked too

So pay me no heed, I'm just a messenger
Writing you these songs on behalf of your man in the county jail
And come the spring, I'll be a caged bird singing to myself
And you will wear that veil

This is my confession now:
I meant every word I sang
(Every word)

And I know that when your man gets out
He'll want to mount my head on his wall
(I've been warned)

But we could pass like a fever
From this town before the church bells even rang
(We'd head west)

And if spring comes and he finds us
Then for you, my love, I'll gladly take the fall

(Bowers)