When you go down to Deep Elm, keep your money in your socks By them day Elm women, roll on you on the rocks Oh sweet mama, got the morning baby blues
Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird And she warbles as she flies And she never holler cuckoo 'Til the 4th day of July Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds
You are a moonchild and, pretty soon child I've got that feeling that I'm gonna make you smile forever if I can Just give me a sign and I'll show you
Well, it's a shin kick morning Gotta kickstart today Wind up my machine And I'll be on my way Well, a burning fever Woke me up at the dawn I didn't have
I caught the Red-Eye at midnight In the nick of time On a seven forty-seven An' we soon were flyin' high Lord, I had no time to lose Things were gettin
If you keep on walkin' You'll walk right outta sight And if you keep your eyes closed You will not see the light Just give me a chance To put it right
In the flinty light, it's midnight and stars collide Shadows run, in full flight, to run, seek and hide Well, I'm still not sure what part I play In this
Well you always were a problem Always running wild Trouble is your middle name You know you're the wayward child You always get your feet wet You
I don't care if I get arrested 'Cause tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain I don't care just whose interested 'Cause I'm comin' into town just
Do you read me, well, won't you tell me? If you read me then please believe me when I say Yes, I've been waiting, seems like forever I've been waiting
I'll admit you're gone when I think I'm able Just like in that song, you turned all the tables Now I know I'm wrong, life is hard to shoulder I won't
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You seemed to be like a real good idea At the time, at the time You lifted me up to some higher ground Then you knocked me down on the ground But I rue
My baby`s got a secret agent, To watch me like a hawk, Well, my baby`s got a secret agent, To watch me like a hawk. He knows each time I leave my house
I got no keychain To lock up all my troubles I need a fast train Leaving on the double Going some place She can't follow In the city In the 'No tomorrow
I don't know where I'm going I don't know where I've been 'Cause I haven't seen my baby Since I don't know when I'm walking down that long road With
Well, they sprung me out of Quentin, I'm back on the mob's payroll They can buy my body Sure they can't buy my soul. I'm working out of Stockton I''m
Well, you took me out of my mind, baby You took me out of my head My friends have gone to look for me I ain't been seen yet No I ain't disappeared I'