The Ballad of Francine Hughes



The Ballad of Francine Hughes

by Lyn Hardy & Donna Hebert

©1986 Swinging Door Music

My name is Francine Hughes and Ill tell you no lie

Come listen to my story and I'll try to keep from cryin'

I murdered my husband there ain't no denyin'

Mickey oh Mickey I'm feared of your ways

Mickey oh Mickey I'm feared of your ways

You've raped me and you've beat me for the last time today

I've lived with your misery the best years of my life

Cause I thought that

S what's expected of a good loving wife

Well, I'm taking the kids and I'm leaving you tonight

Well, he kicked me and he cuffed me until I could not see

I'll tell you what I'll do to you if you try to get away from me

Cause the Lord says you're mine for all eternity

I lay there on the carpet and my life blood did flow

And he grabbed another six pack and he watched his TV show

Then he staggered upstairs and to bed he did go

One eye slowly opened and the other one would not

My head spun round in circles and my blood ran cold and hot

And I thought about my children asleep up in their cots

Slowly, slowly I got up and went out to the shed

I grabbed a can of gasoline and I poured it around his head

And I lit a book of matches and I threw it at his head

I gathered up my children. I took them to my side

Said there's nothing here to fear now and away we did ride

When we got down to the jailhouse I broke right down and cried

The Sheriff and his deputy they locked me in the jail

They took my children from me which made them weep and wail

For the horror of my crime the judge refused my bail

Many months had passed and gone until it came the day

Before the judge and jury I finally had my say

I told them my sad story of torture and pain

The jury found me innocent not guilty of the crime

They said that at the time I was not in my right mind

They gave me back my children, a new life for to find

You've given me my liberty, you think you've set me free

But every 18 seconds a woman's beaten just like me

And every day in court another batterer goes free

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