Wantin' Ain't Gettin'

(album: Insight Out - 1967)

At home, dogging a bone
Knuckle bone and I had a stroke
Trying to get away from a two dollar cop
But wanting ain't getting
And getting ain't got and I'm gone
Have mercy, baby

A runaway mule, pig in a poke
TV screen and a bullfrog croak
Trying to find a way to get a bottle of pop
But wanting ain't getting
And getting ain't got and I'm gone
Have mercy, baby

Horse's ear, hoot and a holler
Big-riff bulge in a righteous squallor
Trying to find a place where nothing's hot
But wanting ain't getting
And getting ain't got and I'm gone
Have mercy, baby

The cock's crow, hole in the wall
Man saying God is a cannonball
Wanna fly high so I aim for a rock
But wanting ain't getting
And getting ain't got and I'm gone
Have mercy, baby

Wanting ain't getting and getting
Ain't got and I'm gone
Have mercy, baby

But wanting ain't getting
I still ain't got and I'm gone
Have mercy, baby

Grabbing ain't getting
And getting ain't got and I'm gone
Have mercy, baby