Deep down in the south county
   Over where the paper mill runs
   Lived a man, a young coutnry doctor
   With the perfect wife and sons
   Well he worked his days
   And Sundays he'd pray
   And nobody knew
   Why the wife slowly withered away
  
   I saw the country doctor, to ask him what
   was wrong with me
   He was caught unaware, accidental and devil may care
   Behind the curtain I see, two shadows in front of me
   Oh nobody know the trouble I've seen
  
   My guess, there was another woman
   And with the kids and the money there was a lot to lose
   He said she had an rare affliction
   And he was doing all he could do
   And we all believed him
   Felt so sorry and then
   I thought once he was a fine man
   Now I don't remember when
  
   I saw the country doctor, to ask him what
   was wrong with me
   He was caught unaware, accidental and devil may care
   Behind the curtain I see, bottles unmarked in front of me
   Whoa nobody knows the trouble I've seen
  
   I saw the country doctor, in a place he didn't see me
   Way out in the middle of the night where he thought
   no one could see
   Over there in the parlor room, making eyes,
   hands roaming free
   Someone soon must know, the trouble I've seen
  
   Did you think about the young ones
   One day they'll know it was you
   And if they let you off one day
   Who then will you turn to
   And my wife remembers one thing
   She said I remember kind of strangely
   At a friends wedding one time
   It was a look that he gave me