choctaw county affair

well

life's been kind of trippy

down here in mississippi

since cassie o'grady disappeared

and me and bobby shaver

been in all the newspapers

every day for nigh on a year

they say we got tangled

in a love triangle

a fatal game of truth or dare

but the truth remains a mystery

and now it's ancient history

it's a choctaw county affair

it's just a choctaw county affair

well

people talkin' 'bout it everywhere

well

cassie o'grady

was no southern lady

despite all the media hype

they all loved to make her out

like a sweet little devout

all-american cheerleader type

but her mind was catawampus

she was greedy

she was pompous

strutting 'round with her nose in the air

she was a cold gold-digger

tickling a hair-trigger

it's a choctaw county affair

it's just a choctaw county affair

and now they say she's lying dead somewhere

well

i do not deny

i wished cassie would die

when she threatened us with blackmail

she said she had some information

that would wreck my reputation

and land bobby back in jail

now it's best to remember

bobby shaver's got a temper

like a buck-shot grizzly bear

but there's no body

there's no witness

so y'all go mind your business

it's a choctaw county affair

it's just a choctaw county affair

oh

you mess with bobby and you better beware

yeah yeah-yeah

hey

yeah

well

the press went wild

on the day of the trial

when they put us on the witness stand

they thought we'd turn on each other

but soon they all discovered

we would live or die hand in hand

and that fancy d.a. from down jackson way

said he'd see us in the electric chair

ha

but the foreman of the jury

told me

honey