Virginia Caine was a riverboat queen
Her hair was long and her fingers were keen
She likes liquor, she likes kerosene
Been on the run since she was seventeen
Her daddy was a steamboat captain
Her mama had a team of girls who called her madame
Her daddy bet the ship on a hand of stud
If he won the sheriff couldn’t stop him from spilling blood
Old vendettas burning in the pit of his soul
He smiled slyly when he thought he had the fool
“Read em and weep” the sheriff said
And her daddy cried, “Don’t take my ship, take Virginia Caine instead”
There’s a fire on the water, black smoke in the breeze
Virginia Caine got some kerosene to set her mind at ease
She ain’t nobody’s daughter, she do as she please
The river tells her secret to the seas
The sheriff thought he had a bride to be but Virginia Caine couldn’t go through with the deed
Her daddy threw a debutantes ball on the river today
Virginia heard him call her out to give her away
The bride to be outshone them all
That wedding day set up like pride before the fall
There’s a fire on the water, black smoke in the breeze
Virginia Caine got some kerosene to set her mind at ease
She ain’t nobody’s daughter, she do as she please
The river tells her secret to the seas
The day had come to walk the aisle but Virginia Caine had other plans all the while
The day she dreamed about now veiled in anger, she poured the kerosene into her bridal chamber
She lit a match and watched it burn
Set that ship ablaze from bow to stern
There’s a fire on the water, black smoke in the breeze
Virginia Caine got some kerosene to set her mind at ease
She ain’t nobody’s daughter, she do as she please
The river tells her secret to the seas
credits
from See You Tonight (2012),
released May 1, 2012
Words by Spiro & Nicole Nicolopoulos, Music by Spiro Nicolopoulos
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