"Poor Rambler"
Sturgill Simpson (Ralph Stanley)
High Top Mountain (2013)
[Verse 1]
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Come and gather around me good people
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My life I must reveal
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Well tomorrow might have been different
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And I know how my darling ought to feel
[Verse 2]
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Well that last time I saw my woman
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She had a wine glass in her hand
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She was drinking down her troubles
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With a low down sorry man
[Verse 3]
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Well I wrote my Momma a letter
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And I told her I was in jail
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Well she wrote me back in a hurry
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Saying honey I'm gonna come and throw your bail
[Verse 4]
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Well I'm a laying around in this old jail house
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Forty dollars will pay my fine
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Pretty women swarming all around me
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Marijuana has destroyed my mind
[Chorus]
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Give me corn bread when I'm hungry
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Corn whiskey when I'm dry
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Pretty women swarming all around me
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Sweet Heaven when I die
[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
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Well my Daddy taught me plenty
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And my Momma she taught me more
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She said if I didn't quit my rowdy ways
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I'd have trouble knocking at my door
[Verse 6]
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When my Earthly trials are over
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Throw my cold dead body in the sea
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Tell that false hearted lover of mine
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That the whales are gonna fuss over me
[Chorus]
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Give me corn bread when I'm hungry
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Corn whiskey when I'm dry
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Pretty women swarming all around me
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Sweet Heaven when I die
[Outro]
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