She used to say she was an orphan

Never was exactly the truth

It’s just her mother got tired

Tired of her hanging 'round

So she ended up living in a home for girls

A straight hair kid in a house full of curls

A straight-haired kid always hanging around

She’d sing swing low

Sweet Chariot

She’s coming for to carry me home

So the first chance she got she said I do

To a tall town boy who said me too

Honorable mention all-district quarterback

He said I’ll carry you away

She left him drunk on a stool in a county line bar

Going on about high school

How he was a star

She just got tired, tired of him hanging around

She’d sing swing low

Sweet Chariot

She’s coming for to carry me home

She got a job at the dairy queen

Had two baby boys two more diamond rings

The husbands they were brave

But she split that one horse town

Just got tired all the people hanging around

Split that one horse town

Now she lives outside LA

With a broke down baseball player

Played double A

Religious man

Never drinks or swears

She’s tired of all this talk about her

Getting saved

Tired of all the talk about revelation days

She’s tired, tired of him hanging around

She sings swing low

Sweet Chariot

She’s coming for to carry me home