Digger Dave’s Crazy Woman Blues Todd Snider

Digger Dave was a friend of mine
Got himself into a bit of a mess one time
Mindin’ his business, drinkin’ his wine
When he heard a shotgun blast

It wasn’t anything he hadn’t heard before
But then that girl Christine came cryin’ through his door
Screamin’, "Yukon Jack told me to get rid of this thing fast!"

"Yukon Jack" and "Digger Dave" sounds like a couple of names
That I might’ve just made up
But I’m tellin’ you, this is the truest story I tell

She set down the gun, took off runnin’
Digger Dave followed, and soon come up on
That death wish kid from Michigan
He’s layin’ there, shot up all to hell

He got a death wish since they come up from the lower forty-eight
And they’d all been drinkin’ vodka for two days straight
When the fist fight started, it was already too late
For anyone to keep any peace

No one could remember what the fight was about, but
By all accounts, the kid pulled the first gun out
In self-defense, beyond a shadow of a doubt
Is what they all agreed to tell the police