she handled herself well for being handled by two guards she still looked like a prom queen in the back of the sheriff s car the crowd lined up from the court house to the jailhouse down the street how could they talk so bad about a girl who was so sweet rita s heart turned to ice on a hot night in july she did what she had to do they don t believe the reasons why how he used her for a doormat when he was sober enough to walk as far as i m concerned he was rita s only fault you know i ve always loved her and one time she loved me too that first love never let me go the way that others do she left me for the quarterback i knew him back in school he had a shiny car and a fast smile but i always knew he was a fool now i go to see her sundays i see the tears in her eyes and i see the same sweet smile that hell can t disguise if i d have only known i d have done him in myself i d gladly take her place in that cold grey cell