Lyrics:

1972
Writer(s): Michael Martin Murphey, Larry Cansler

Mademe De Lil was the lady of wealth
She didn't run a saloon for her health
She was independant, claimed to be self made
She didn't feel she had to pull down her shades

She'd say, 'I don't have to apologize.
Devil take the preachin' and damn your eyes.'
Awh, she didn't mind if you criticized.
She had the last word with her 45.

She'd say, 'Ain't nobody gonna railroad me.'
Ha ha, 'Don't try and tell a lady she ain't free.'

Ya, Mademe De Lil, as the ladies all will
Went and fell in love with Diabolical Bill
She temporarily lost her head
Side track by that dude that was taken her bread.

She'd say, 'I don't have to apologize.
I've got my Billy, so damn your eyes.'
Awh, she didn't mind if you told her lies.
If the lies were the appropriate kind.

She'd say, 'Ain't nobody gonna railroad me.'
Ha ha, 'Don't try and tell me Billy don't love me.'

Mademe De Lil, she was doin' alright
Till one of her ladies of the night
Told her that Bill had his hand in the til
She was romantically, financially going down hill

'I don't have to apologize.
He's diabolical so, damn his eyes.
I've gotta plan to fix that man.
I'll have the last word with this 45.'

'Ain't nobody gonna railroad me.
Don't try and tell a lady she ain't free.'

Oh, Mademe De Lil and Diabolical Bill.
She wanted to scare a man she couldn't quite kill.
So, one night he was sleepin' and he closed his eyes,
Miss De Lil put blanks in his big 45.

The next day when a big swed insulted his pride,
He shot him down and said, 'Damn your eyes.'
He stole a horse and he left that town.
He didn't know he never shot that man down.

And nobody railroads Mademe De Lil
The joke was on Diabolical Bill

Hu, Now come on children, and gather 'round
Did I ever tell you about the time I shot that big Swed down
It was in a saloon back in 1889.
Hu hu, I guess that was way back before your time.