Ribbon Bows
(专辑: Have One On Me - 2010)
There is a
spring, not far from here The
water runs both sweet and clear Both sweet and clear, and cold Could crack your bones with veins of gold I
stood, a-wagging, at the
tap Just a-waiting on the
lagging, rising sap I
held the
cold tin ladle to my lip At the
Shrine of the
Thousand Arms, I
lowered my eyes to sip What a
beautiful day to catch my drift Or be caught up in it You want your love, love? Come and get your love I
only took it back because I
thought you didn't How my ears did ring at the
municipal pound From that old hangdog to which I
was bound Curled 'round the
bottom rung, doesn't nobody want you? Well, come on, darling, I
could use someone like you around I
am not like you, I
ain't from this place And I
do reserve the
right to repeat all my same mistakes And in the
night, like you, I
certainly bite and chew What I
can find and never seem to lose the
taste What a
horrible face, I
feel me make For Pete's sake What you have told me, cannot erase Though I
keep on saying and I
do believe, it is not too late All day, you're hassling me with trifles Black nose of the
dog as cold as a
rifle Indicating, with a
nudge God, no God, God, no God Sweet, appraising eye of the
dog Blink once if God, twice if no God My mama may be ashamed of me With all of my finery Carrying on, whooping it up till the
early morn' Lost and lorn among the
madding revelry Sure, I
can pass, honey, I
can pass Particularly when I
start to tip my glass I'll be a
sport and have a
go at that old song, singing unabashed About them city girls with their ribbon bows and their fancy sash But though I
get so sad, could swear the
night makes a
motion to claim me Around that second verse, I
reckon I've felt worse and still held fast But, later on, when I
am alone, alone at last Well I
take my God to task, I
take my daggone God to task