(Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley)

I recall once upon a time

Livin' was so easy and I felt so fine

But, my, my, my

Right before my very eyes

Satan came with fire to burn me

Wouldn't listen when they warned me

A dagger in my back

While she's calling me honey wouldn't stand back

For neither love nor money

Thirty minutes after my ship set sail

She put up a sign and my house began to wail

But, why, why, why

I couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes?

She had such a way to fool me

Lord, she had a way to fool me

And I would ask the woman