I met my girl down by the train yard
She smoked my cigs and she wrecked my new car
She's a damn fine girl, she's my roving jewel
Everyone says I'm a goddamn fool
She told me one time I'd amount to nothing
She told me three times just to eat her muffin
She dosed me once at a rock and roll show
Spiraling lights and a long line of blow
She's my roving jewel
They call her Kate Cruel
She's my roving jewel
They call her Kate Cruel
If I was where I would be
Then I would be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would and I cannot
I met my girl down by the train yard
She spoke in tongues and she cooked with black tar
She's a damn fine girl, she's my roving jewel
Everyone calls her Kate Cruel
She's my roving jewel
They call her Kate Cruel
She's my roving jewel
They call her Kate Cruel
She's my roving jewel
They call her Kate Cruel
She's my roving jewel
They call her Kate Cruel
She's my roving jewel
They call her Kate Cruel