seen you hangin' outta window strugglin' to the trees swingin' for the younguns they gonna catch a sweeter breeze got uncle davey's letters hunched
when ev'rything's in place and ev'rybody's free gonna sit right down and wonder why this happened to me i got troubles on my mind on the table blessed
the bigtime blues i was a c.e.o. widda souped up seven taxman grinnin' shinin' my shoes now i'm a s.o.b. at the backdoor whinin' no dry clean money for
for another one gone to a place made for givin' and children don't belong i grew up hungry for a lil' baby boy back in ol' west virginia i left her for
and tall. it's better to not know the future where i go so kindly make your plans use my back and arms make me straight and tall. a warm shirt for the
hill still callin' my name inside a tower so steady it sways it's a ringin' for mothers and children who dwell in a home full o' love 'neath that ol' mission
now silent as a desert. a fools' death for anothers' best a song and dance no longer sounds the twisted tracks lay in regret dynamited for collapse.
there's one who does the hurtin' two who'll feel the pain one who takes the train, another takes the blame but there's better days ahead in time for
singin' lovely love lil' dark-eyed darlin' lovely be for the mission baby now no one knows the sound of submission when the family whispers down to the mission
corner wastin' my time an' bummin' my quarters we aint gotta lot o' money it's true buyin' cigarettes a nickle for two. chorus me an' my baby we both
for a taste of desire. chorus there's a taste in my mouth bitter as gold i cant swallow the blues and keep my eyes closed well the cat ate the bird he's grinnin' for
aint no rain in sight bone dry in the valley and nobody smiles but the rich in the alley. chorus doncha miss that water when it's gone doncha miss that
