[Verse 1]
"Please Come To Boston" was playin' on the radio
He asked me to go, I thought, "what the hell?"
It's the same old story, ain't there always a man involved
The whole thing wreaks of alcohol and somebody ends up in jail

[Verse 2]
See, my sister Gina, she always was the pretty one
Just like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
She coulda had any man, so I thought he was just another one
'Til that no-tell motel shotgun epiphany

[Chorus]
My baby sister
Sweet baby sister
I shoulda known blood
Is thicker than love
My baby sister
Sweet baby sister
I knew you were a pistol
But I never knew you owned a gun

[Verse 3]
She busted down the door, room 5 at the Family Inn
My joy ride to New England ended with a bang
She said, "Wait 'til I tell Mama," and shot out the TV set
Crushed out her cigarette and turned the gun on Bobby Ray
[Chorus]
My baby sister
Sweet baby sister
I shoulda known blood
Is thicker than love
My baby sister
Sweet baby sister
I knew you were a pistol
I never knew you owned a gun

[Verse 3]
I visit Gina upstate every Saturday
Bring her smokes and Gatorade and we don't talk about Bobby Ray

[Chorus]
My baby sister
Sweet baby sister
I'm sure glad blood
Is thicker than love
My baby sister
Sweet baby sister
I knew you were a pistol
But I never knew you owned a gun