we ran the through hills and forests as two under a spell he was a city boy floyd the outlaw but i thought i knew him well long after that great summer when i first came into my fame and the avenger from oklahoma was added to my name the avenger i became well they call me avenging annie i m avenger of womanhood i spend my whole life telling lies lead you on and mess you over good i take all you spoiled young hippies running around playing games mess around in your bed i ll blow your head i ll put you through a change what you ve done to others i ll do unto you and then i met my sensitive outlaw he was the best thing i had ever seen i wanna be his wife forgiving my life i was so blind i could never have seen no so i joined up with my outlaw and headed for california he treated me worse than i ever imagined he even say he don t want me around kept it up so long i couldn t be strong he run me right into the ground after five long years he picked me up and then he slapped me down  when i told my friends about him they all were on my side and i could see through the haze he looked so crazy i put my head right down and i cried for my poor lover i cried like a mother for my poor lover well i felt so sad about it but i knew i couldn t do him no good he was so far gone while standing all alone i left him i knew i should i knew i couldn t do him no good and now i live out on a mountain top and i m almost thirty five and i ve found my peace and i ve found my release and i m happy just to be alive and i might go back to my floyd if i think it s the thing to do he gave up murder and theft right after i left and you know i still love him too just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you just like your woman loves you well they call me avenging annie i m avenger of womanhood i spend my whole life telling lies lead you on and mess you over yeah they call me avenging annie i m avenger of womanhood i spend my whole life telling lies lead you on and mess you over yeah1