They all were on her side
If she thinks it's the thing to do
She'll do unto you

Just like a worn out shoe
And she's almost thirty-five

Running around playing games
Just like a worn out shoe
He kept it up so long, she couldn't be strong
He run her right into the ground

Just like a worn out shoe
She cried like a mother for her poor lover
Then she met her sensitive outlaw
The avenger of womanhood
She was to be his wife for the rest of her life

And you know she still loves him to
He gave up murder and theft after she left

Well, they call her avenging Annie
Happy just to be alive
He was the best thing she ever did seen
When she first came into her fame
He picked her up and slapped her down
He treated her worse than she'd ever imagined
He didn't say he didn't want her around

She put her head right down and she cried
After five long years
Was added to her name, the avenger she became
What you've done to others
But she could see through the haze he looked so pale
And she thought she new him well

Just like a worn out shoe
These on a mess and over good
The avenger of womanhood
He was a city boy, Floyd the outlaw
And she might go back to her Floyd
Then she told her friends about him
But she was so blind she could never had seen, no

Just like a worn out shoe
She spends her whole life telling lies
For her poor lover

She'll take all these spoilt young hippies

So she joined up with her outlaw
Leads them on a mess and over good
Just like a worn out shoe
Just like a worn out shoe
And the avenger from Oklahoma
Well, they call her avenging Annie
Long after that great summer
And she's found her peace and found her release
And headed for California
She spends her whole life telling lies
They're surrounding your bed, she'll blow your head

She'll put you through a change.

And now she lives on a mountain top