Walking down the levee with my head down low Looking for my mama but she ain't here no more Baby you don't know, you don't know my mind When you see me
Thought I heard, buddy bolden say The nasty and dirty, take it away You're terrible and awful, take it away I thought I heard him say Thought I heard
They say the Whale swallowed Jonah Out in the deep blue sea Sometimes I get that feeling That same old Whale has swallowed me The sun rise in the East
I went down to St James Infirmary Saw my baby there She was stretched out on a long white table So cold, so sweet, so sweet, so fair Let her go, let
All my life I've been a traveling man Said, all my life I've been a traveling man Staying alone and doing the best I can I hold my trunks down to Tennessee
Just let them talk, If they want to? That don?t bother me. I?m gonna keep on till the whole wide world knows, That I really love you, I really love you
You told me you were leaving After all we've been through Guess I'm fool falling in love with you There ain't no use in crying Do what you have to do
Well the world is facin' problems gettin' bigger every day We got a greenhouse over Texas and recession's on the way We got hunger in the Third World,
Where is the lid? Where is the lid? Where is the where is the where is the where is the lid? Where is the lid? Where is the lid? Where is the where
Too long, Johnny Too long, it's way too long Too long, Johnny Too long, it's way too long Make it shorter Johnny, Been too long, for way too long
Mystery All my life has been a mystery You and I were never ever meant to be That's why I call my love for you a mystery Different country You
I wear sophisticated clothes I say sophisticated things Everything about me says I'm a sophistication king But when I'm with you, Can't seem to find
America, America America, America, America, America America, oh oh America, America, America, America The states, the states The states, the states
Well the poor keep gettin' hungry, and the rich keep gettin' fat. Politicians change, but they're never gonna change that. But you and me girl, we got
I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she was gonna meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man you can't always
Red Hot Red Hot Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale I got a girl, she
Well Loberta, Well Loberta Girl, can't you hear me callin' you Well you're three times seven, baby You know just what you gotta do Well Loberta, well
They say the whale swallowed Jona Out in the deep blue sea Sometimes I get that feeling Same old whale has swallowed me Sun rise in the East Goes
