A:
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,
Oh honey, though our friendship ceases from now on
And listen, if you can't say anything real nice
It's better not to talk at all is my advice
B:
We're parting, you go your way I'll go mine, it's best that we do
Here's a kiss, I hope that this brings lots of luck to you
Though it makes no difference, how I carry on
Remember, please don't talk about me when I'm gone
Chorus:
Cover up that hole, I ain't dead yet
It's too soon for throwin' dirt in my face
Leave well enough alone, I know you won't be gone
Don't do something that you might regret
'Cause I ain't dead yet.
When you see me sittin' round here with my eyes closed
Don't worry girl I'm only half asleep
Don't get no bright ideas I've done gone on
I'm just prayin' to the Lord my soul to keep…
Chorus
I've seen that Cadillac brochure you're reading
Insurance papers on the counter top
Like a bunch of buzzards waitin' on a feeding
Just hopin' any second that I'll drop…
Chorus
I've seen a hearse to circle past the driveway
Was that the undertaker on the phone?
A lot of nerve you've got, y'all pickin' out my plot
There's just one complication, I ain't gone…
Trouble keeps hounding me heaven knows
Why can't I ever get a horn that blows
I'm gettin' sick and tired of all this grief
That woman of mine she ain't got no sense
She can pick my pocket through a high board fence
But I ain't gonna let it happen no more.
Chorus:
But I ain't gonna let it happen,
no I ain't gonna let it happen,
I ain't gonna let it happen no more
Well a lovin' woman is hard to find,
But I ain't gonna die with a worried mind
So I ain't gonna let it happen no more.
I paid for this and I paid for that
She gets the lean and I get the fat
I'm tellin' you friends I'm gettin' sick and tired
She only wants to see me when I get my pay
Then she calls somebody else to go out and play
But I ain't a gonna let it happen no more.
I bought two tickets for a show one night
She said "I wouldn't go with you to a rooster fight"
I don't know why I stand and take it like I do
But I guess I'll go on in the same old way
Until I stand at judgement day and say
I ain't a gonna let it happen no more.
How come a man can fight and cuss and smoke and drink and chew
Step out on their wives and do the things they shouldn't do
But it's all right in the public's eye they say he's just a man
But if a woman does one little thing she's not worth a [stop*]
Chorus:
Two whoops and a holler she's lower than a hound
If she drinks or smokes or tells a joke she's a lowest thing in town
A woman has to dress the kids and send them off to school
And do her best in every way to live the golden rule
The responsibility she has is much more than a man
But if she does one little thing she's not worth a [stop*]
Chorus:
Two whoops and a holler she's lower than a hound
If she drinks or smokes or tells a joke she's a lowest thing in town
If all the gals would stick by me we'd change the world around
We'd make the men walk on their knees and sleep out on the ground
What I'm really tryin' to say and I know you'll understand
The women ought to rule the world cause the men ain't worth a [stop*]
Chorus:
Two woops and a holler they're lower than a hound
I hope they croak it ain't no joke they're the lowest thing in town
—Graham Nash
A:
You, who are on the road
Must have a code you try to live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye
B:
Teach your children well
Their father's hell did slowly go by
Feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's the one you'll know by
C:
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you
A:
And you, of tender years
Can't know the fears your elders grew by
Help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die
B:
Teach your parents well
Their children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's the one you'll know by
C:
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you
I met a gal when I was young and yes she won my heart
I promised to love and cherish her till death do us part
Now she is awful big and fat and not so very sweet
But what I hate most about her is she's always got cold feet
Chorus:
Cold feet, cold feet
What I hate most about her is she's always got cold feet
Now I come home all tired and sore cause I worked hard all day
I eat a bite read the news and then I hit the hay
About the time I settle down to get a little sleep
What I feel upon my back is nothing but cold feet
Chorus:
Cold feet, cold feet
What I feel upon my back is nothing but cold feet
Sometimes I think I'd rather be a tramp out on the street
Than have to live this kind of life with a pair of old cold feet
Now I don't mind that rollin' pin when she hits me over the head
But when she sticks them feet to me I wish that I was dead
Chorus:
Cold feet, cold feet
When she sticks them feet to me I wish that I was dead
Verse:
Oh, ye careless daughters, gather round ye proud and boastful sons.
I've been preachin' in this schoolhouse askin' you to raise some buildin' funds.
Your contributions have been very slow. I ask the lord what I should do.
Now I have his answer bretheren, so I'll shout it out for you.
Chorus:
Bring along your hammer and bring along your nails, we'll have a new home in the morning
Bring along your hymn books we'll sit on cotton bales, and we'll sing a new song in the morning
You gotta start givin' before you can get, you gotta start doin' some things you haven't done yet
Bring along the old folks and bring the children, too. We'll have a new home in the morning.
Bridge:
We'll have a big camp meeting and a big revival day, we gotta have religion to keep that devil at bay.
We'll have a southern moon to shine on while we pray, we'll have a Swannee river to wash our sins away
Verse 1:
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal
So complete, from front to back, that's my pal
Toasted by the sun, well I'm a son of a gun
If she don't make my five o'clock shadow come around at one.
You can bet your boots I'd walked a mile, through the snow
Just to see her tooth brushed smile they mentioned on the radio
If you don't think she's lot of fun just ask a man that owns one
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal.
Verse 2:
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's for me
She's just like a money-back guarantee
Like a barfly goes for drink, like the bobbysocks go for Frank
And just like Jesse James, would go for money in the bank.
From head to foot she's a perfect size, she's a whiz
Always wears a forty-five, gun that is
She's got the looks that's so impressin'
She's got the pause that's so refreshin'
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal.
Tag
She's done told me I'm top hand
Won't be long till she wears my band
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal
Circus came to town, to the circus I went
Didn't have a ticket, didn't have a cent
Circus man said to see the show without a cent
You got to carry water for the elephant
Instrumental
I carried water for the elephant
Back and forth to the well I went
Arms got sore and my back got bent
But I couldn't fill up the elephant
Instrumental
I said to the man in the standin' up collar
I bet four bits that elephant's a hollow
He gave me a ticket, said first you'll see
The animals in the menagerie.
Vamp:
First I saw the lion and the lion he roared: "A-Rrrrrrr"
Saw the wild duck and the wild duck quacked: "Quack, quack quack"
Saw the wild cat and the wild cat meowed: "Meow-ow"
Saw the old crow and the old crow cawed: "Caw caw caw"
Saw Mr. Possum sittin' on a limb
Big black bear sittin' next to him
Saw the old monkey like in a zoo,
and the wild rooster says cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo.
Instrumental
Saw the hippopotamus splash in the water
Tryin' to flirt with the crocodile's daughter
Saw the giraffe and the big kangaroo
Saw an owl holler, hoo hoo hoo"
Vamp:
Saw the wild birds and the birds sang sweet: "Tweet tweet tweet"
Saw the wild dogs and the wild dogs barked: "Arf arf arf"
Saw the cuckoo and the cuckoo cooed: "Cuckoo cuckoo"
Saw the hyena and the hyena laughed: "Ha ha ha"
I went down to the circus tent
Sure am doggone glad I went
Saw the whole show and didn't cost a cent
'Cause I carried water for the elephant
