[Verse 1]
I left a few sick mistakes at the bottom of Marrowbone Lake
They're in a bed made of silt and a water moccasin quilt
See, she loved to love me not
So I picked them petals with buckshot
A Camellia flower wilts and I don't feel a speck of guilt

[Chorus]
Oh, my sweet Camelia
Oh, I hate I had to kill ya
But nothin' lasts fo' always
Even a prison sentence
Just a matter of days
Just a matter of days

[Verse 2]
You see I think she thought I cared
All for her and our affair
Well I guess in retrospect
She was such a beautiful wreck
So I pay the price, my dear
Hеre's to a measly twenty-three yеars
I've got more beds to make
At the bottom of Marrowbone Lake

[Chorus]
Oh, my sweet Camelia
Oh, I hate I had to kill ya
But nothin' lasts fo' always
Even a prison sentence
Just a matter of days
Just a matter of days