The Wig He Made Her Wear Lyrics - Big To-do - Drive By Truckers

It was as open-and-shut as anything I have seen 

He was a pillar of town, his reputation was clean 

It was right before Easter in the first week of spring 

He didn't show up for service that Wednesday night 

The congregation knew something weren't right 

Blood on the bed when they opened the door 

The preacher was dead on the bedroom floor 

Everyone knew there had to be some outside thing that made this happen 

Because they seemed like the perfect family 

He'd been shot in the back a day before he was found 

His wife and three kids were nowhere around 

An Amber Alert was issued in town 

Everyone was shocked at the scene of the crime 

She'd taken the kids across two state lines 

Found her in Orange Beach with the kids in the car 

Sent back to Selma to await her trial for first-degree murder 

Was she crazy or just plain old mean to have gone and done it? 

She said she heard the bang and was afraid he'd be mad, and made a run for it 

Said, they were having a fight and the gun was a bluff 

She didn't pull the trigger, it just went off 

Said that he berated her about everything 

Make her do things that made her feel so ashamed 

Nobody at church would ever suspect 

Made her dress up slutty before they had sex 

In the courtroom that day there was an audible gasp 

What they put up on display the locals couldn't quite grasp 

There was an audible gasp in the courtroom that day 

When the defense pulled out and displayed 

Them high-heeled shoes and that wig he made her wear 

Reduced her charge to voluntary manslaughter 

And I ain't judging either way, but she's already out of jail 

And it was them high-heeled shoes and that wig he made her wear