She Only Meant To Use Him

She was young and she was pretty

And she met him in the city

And somehow he fit right into her plan

She knew she'd hit it lucky

He owned half of Kentucky and best of all

He was a sixty year old man

She let him think he'd caught her

She led him to the alter

Totin' seven carats on her hand

All dressed up in satin

Oh, the good Lord wasted that one

But she knew she'd be the winner in the end

'Cause she only meant to use him

She only meant to use him

And she didn't care if what she did was wrong

She only meant to use him

And she knew what she was doin'

In a few years she'd be rich and he'd be gone

In their million dollar palace

The man grew old and jealous

And he never let her leave the house alone

She was in her prime and holdin'

She knew that he was old

And chances were he wouldn't be around that long

As the days and nights grew longer

The greed in her grew stronger

And it even crossed her mind to take his life

But he found out he'd been taken

And his pride was badly shaken

And he knew she never meant to be a wife

And she only meant to use him

She only meant to use him

But she knew just what she wanted in the end

She only meant to use him

But he knew what she was doin'

And he swore she'd never have a dime to spend

Tormented by frustration

She watched her beauty wastin'

As the lines upon her face began to show

She turned to heavy drinkin'

'Cause her ship was slowly sinkin'

And the bottle was the only place to go

Now 20 odd years later

The headlines in the paper

Said they laid her soul to rest at 53

And when they wheeled him to her coffin

He took her diamond off

And he just smiled and finally died at 93

Yes, she only meant to use him

Lord knows she meant to use him

But she died with seven carats on her hand

All dressed up in satin

Oh, the good Lord wasted that one

But her husband died a satisfied old man

Yes, she was young and she was pretty

And she met him in the city

And somehow he fit right into her plan

She knew she'd hit it lucky

He owned half of Kentucky and best of all

He was a sixty year old man