The Boston States Songtext
von The Stanfields

When I was just a boy
I knew this little girl a pretty little thing named Josephine
Her tiny little lust in our tiny little world
I was willing she was pretty long and lean
We first made love in the summer, her daddy found out that fall
He beat her with his fists upon the lips that I just kissed
And shipped her off down to the Boston States
Oh, he shipped her off down to the Boston States
When I turned 17 I joined the King′s Marine
And took my place among the world of men
Two years since I'd seen, my pretty Josephine
I wondered if I′d see her face again
Then the news came of rebellion, down New England way
We sailed in the spring in the Name of the King
They shipped me off down to the Boston States
Oh, they shipped me off down to the Boston States


We marched to Concorde Town to unleash hell and fury
To teach the rebel scum the art of war
They beat us back they shot me down
They dragged my ass on into town with a dead man that I'd ran through before
In a solitary act of retribution, they threw me at his widows feet
I raised my eyes to see my pretty Josephine
A twist of fate down in the Boston States
Oh, a twist of fate down in the Boston States

The well inside my heart is dry and reminiscing fool am I, holdin' on to memories of old
A potent brew of love and guilt
Plant a seed and blood first spilt a strappin man that surely was my own
She bid me well and begged I′d take the boy back home to Port Shoreham with me
She gave to me the sweetest kiss and then she slit her wrists
And died for nothing down in the Boston States
Oh, died for nothing down in the Boston States

Josephine, if you could see our boy now, you′d be so proud, you'd be happy
I did my best to raise him, on my own, in your memory
He asks about you from time to time, I never know what to say
So on this lonesome night I told him that you died
A hero down in the Boston states
Oh, died a hero down in the Boston states