He gave up murder and theft after she left
He didn't say he didn't want her around
And she's found her peace and found her release
Well, they call her avenging Annie
Was added to her name, the avenger she became
Happy just to be alive
They're surrounding your bed, she'll blow your head
She was to be his wife for the rest of her life
Well, they call her avenging Annie
He kept it up so long, she couldn't be strong
The avenger of womanhood
She cried like a mother for her poor lover
He picked her up and slapped her down
Just like a worn out shoe
But she could see through the haze he looked so pale
These on a mess and over good
After five long years
He run her right into the ground
Just like a worn out shoe
So she joined up with her outlaw
And she might go back to her Floyd
He treated her worse than she'd ever imagined
Just like a worn out shoe
She'll take all these spoilt young hippies
She'll do unto you
They all were on her side
For her poor lover
She spends her whole life telling lies
Then she met her sensitive outlaw
Long after that great summer
The avenger of womanhood
She'll put you through a change.
Then she told her friends about him
She put her head right down and she cried
When she first came into her fame
And the avenger from Oklahoma
And headed for California
Just like a worn out shoe
He was a city boy, Floyd the outlaw
Running around playing games
But she was so blind she could never had seen, no
He was the best thing she ever did seen
What you've done to others
And now she lives on a mountain top
If she thinks it's the thing to do
And she thought she new him well
And she's almost thirty-five
Just like a worn out shoe
Just like a worn out shoe
Just like a worn out shoe
And you know she still loves him to
She spends her whole life telling lies
