Ten Miles Down the Nine Mile Road Songtext
von Scott Miller

Ten miles down the nine mile road lived a man named Wilson
A farmer with two worthless sons but a daughter who was strong
It said she had a spiteful heart and her love was poison
Dolly Wilson was her name and to her I was drawn

She nursed the old man to his grave soon after his wife Mary
The sons they farmed it to the ground ′til nothing there would grow
So she packed her bags and headed North bound for Harper's Ferry
But settled down in Sheppard′s Town and a house on Canal Road.

Ten miles down the nine mile road
Before I realized that
Dolly's love was poison now it's too late to turn back.
Ten miles down the none mile road
Waiting ′round the bend
Dolly Wilson′s poison love
Here I come again.


I fell hard and Dolly Wilson made me feel so worthy
But anything that feels that good can make you feel that bad
She breathed hot words into my neck and scratched me without mercy
But called me by her brother's name whenever she got mad

Ten miles down the nine mile road
Before I realized that
Dolly′s love was poison now it's too late to turn back.
Ten miles down the none mile road
Waiting ′round the bend
Dolly Wilson's poison love
Here I come again.

Who can say what love weighs but you know it′s heavy
In spite of her I carried it as far as I could go
Dolly Wilson's poison love only leaves me empty
And I get my fill of empty ten miles down the nine mile road

Ten miles down the nine mile road
Before I realized that
Pleasing the unpleasable will keep me coming back
Ten miles down the nine mile road
Lying 'round the bend
Dolly Wilson′s poison love
Here I come again