If two fill-ups is all it costs, I guess I'll make the drive

Down past the texas line, to make sure he's not alive

They dumped him off of a river bridge in the fall of '84

Word got around that he climbed out of that muddy red river floor.

I lost my bride to the finest man, she claims to have ever known

When she got to the parking lot, his knees were already blown

Love is such a mighty drug, a mightier disease

Bet he misses her, floatin' past the barge with one eye and crooked teeth

One eye and crooked teeth

One eye and crooked teeth

One eye and crooked teeth.

Your crooked teeth been floatin' and my ladies resting fine

Seven miles out of bismark, next to bakken oil lines

I laid her down so softly, and so kindly reassured

Lovin' ain't for tamin' a disease that can't be cured.

And I would ride through colorado on a rocky stretch of road

With no one who loves me as far as telephone poles go

I wish I was a trusted man, but a trusted man is weak

The only thing worth trusting is some brass through crooked teeth

Some brass through crooked teeth

Some brass through crooked teeth.

Your crooked teeth been floatin' and my ladies resting fine

Seven miles out of bismark, next to bakken oil lines

I laid her down so softly, and so kindly reassured

Lovin' ain't for tamin' a disease that can't be cured.

I lost my bride to the finest man, she claims to have ever known

When she got to the parking lot, his knees were already blown

Love is such a mighty drug, a mightier disease

Bet he misses her, floatin' past the barge with one eye and crooked teeth.