In my reply I lied a bit
And said I did not know
Bound for Chicago's town
A bullet cut him down
And as he lay there dying
And he got himself these things
She heard I stole the show
And to become a man
Now, Jim McCall, he was meek and small
His children left him and he sneered
He said "Will I see my Ohio?"
That cheatin' folks was easier
He threw some stones at honest friends
In my reply I lied a bit
With fancy folks and land
He left his home back in Ohio
He'd have to build himself up tall
And said I did not know
And on the south side he got drunk
Than plowin' his daddy's ground
Yes, Miss Lazy Susan called me up
In my reply I lied a bit
He asked me where to go
He crossed Big Jim and turned his back
In my reply I lied a bit
And said I did not know
"That's what my kindness brings"
