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