Cut Bank, Montana
Love and Tragedy Unfold in Cutbank, Montana
Lyrics
It was colder than a well digger's ankles in Cutbank, Montana.
Describing the extreme cold weather in Cut Bank, Montana.
But my heart was on fire as I saw her step down from the train.
Expressing intense emotional feelings upon seeing the woman getting off the train.
I'd been up there forever, but her arms were finally around me.
After a long wait, finally being embraced by her.
All my icicles melted away at the sound of her name.
Feeling emotionally thawed by her presence.
I held her to me as tightly as I held her letter,
Comparing the tightness of the embrace to holding her letter tightly.
That said "I don't love him. I'm leaving this cold mean man."
Quoting the contents of the letter indicating her departure from someone else.
As the train pulled away from the platform
Describing the departure of the train from the station.
And I put her in the wagon,
Placing her in his wagon after she arrived by train.
With her head on my shoulder, God knows I was one happy man.
Feeling immensely happy with her beside him.
And I went to heaven that night in her arms in my cabin.
Feeling heavenly in her embrace in his cabin.
In the winter of '94 there burned such a powerful flame.
Recalling a passionate time in 1894 with a strong emotional fire.
They still hear her voice in the cabin in Cutbank, Montana.
Locals still remember her voice echoing in the cabin.
And the icicles all melt away at the sound of her name.
Her presence melts away emotional barriers.
Hell rode into town one night on a Wyoming stallion.
Describing an antagonist's arrival with hostility.
His heart full of hate and his eyes full of cold jealousy.
Characterizing the antagonist's negative emotions.
"One way or another," he said,
Expressing the antagonist's determination to reclaim the woman.
"partner, I'm taking back my woman."
The protagonist's response, defending his relationship with her.
With my hand on my gun, I said, "Don't bet your life.
Warning the antagonist not to risk his life.
The lady says she's staying with me."
Asserting the woman's choice to stay with the protagonist.
His knife was a flash in the light of the kerosene lantern
Describing a moment of conflict illuminated by a lantern.
That fell as we tangled and fought in the fire on the floor.
Depicting a physical struggle and a fall in the midst of a fire.
He was a dead man, but I have been too since I lost her.
Both the antagonist and the protagonist faced fatal consequences.
From the fire that burned me so bad as I crawled through the door.
The protagonist's suffering from severe burns as he escaped.
But I went to heaven that night in her arms in my little cabin.
Reiterating the euphoric feeling of being with her in the cabin.
In the winter of '94, there burned one hell of a flame.
Recalling a passionate time in 1894 with a strong emotional fire.
They still hear her voice in the cabin in Cutbank, Montana.
Locals still remember her voice echoing in the cabin.
And the icicles all melt away at the sound of her name.
Her presence melts away emotional barriers.
They still hear her voice from the cabin in Cutbank, Montana,
Repetition emphasizing the lingering impact of her voice.
And the icicles all just melt away at the sound of her name.
Repeating the idea of her voice melting away emotional barriers.
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