Going To Memphis
(专辑: Ride This Train - 1960)
Bring a
drink of water Leroy Bring a
drink of water, no If I
could get to the
mercy man He'd give me some I
know I
got a
gal in Vicksburg Bertha is her name Wish I's tied to Bertha Instead of this ball and chain I'm going to Memphis, that's right Lord, yeah A
dude took all my money Wouldn't let me see the
cards I
owe the
boss about a
hundred years For sleeping in his backyard I'm going to Memphis, yeah Memphis Yeah I'm going to Memphis Like a
bitter weed, I'm a
bad seed But when that levee's through and I
am too Let the
honky tonk roll on Come morning I'll be gone I'm going to Memphis, yeah Memphis I
never been to Chicago But it must be a
mighty fine place, that's right I
couldn't get past Tennessee With Mississippi all over my face I'm going to Memphis, that's right Lord, Memphis Well, the
freezing ground at night Is my own folding bed Pork salad is my bread and meat And it will be till I'm dead Well, I
brought me a
little water In a
Mr. Prince Albert can But the
boss man caught me drinking it And I
believe, he broke my hand They all call me crazy for sassing Mr. Scott My brother was killed for a
deed I
did But I
dis remember what, yeah Well another boy is down The
shovel burned him out Let me stand on his body To see what the
shoutin's about I'm going to Memphis, yeah I'm going to Memphis Like a
bitter weed, I'm a
bad seed But when that levee's through and I
am too Let the
honky tonk roll on Come morning I'll be gone I'm going to Memphis, yeah Memphis