The Onion Field

I'm going down to the Onion Field

To make it all right

I'm going down to the Onion Field

And it's not for the first time

Girl, you're too good for this world

And it hurts too bad, it hurts too bad

My dear, there's no future for you here

And my mind's made up, it can't go on this way

Now it's dark, oh, now it's dark

And they won't even know we're gone

So keep very still

No one can hurt you

Down in the Onion Field

I'm going down these days

And I'm damned if you'll get pulled down with me

There's not a single sound from the phone

When your friends don't want to know you

I know it's not right

This isn't what I promised you

But now my hands are tied

Just the same as when the ship goes down

And the captain stays inside.

You're too good to go that way, too good for this world

For slow death in a country town

You're too good for this world, something had to be done

And now it's dark, now it's dark

So keep very still

Nothing can hurt you

Under the Onion Field