Long before the screen door slammed, she was out of Xenia A stranger could have loved that town, but she had to leave I wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this cautionary tale But I swore I'd be true, and I'll swear and I'll swear till Kitten's out of jail It was like a TV show the way she stole that car Easy now to criticize, easy now to talk I thought my luck was changing, I guess I was wrong I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this cautionary tale But I swore I'd be true, and I'll swear and I'll swear till Kitten's out of jail Didn't want to be a slave Just turned out that way I wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love I could say she's to blame, say she's the man in this cautionary tale But I swore I'd be true, and I'll swear and I'll swear till Kitten's out of jail