Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Po' Lazarus, artist - James Carter. Date of issue: 10.02.2013
Song language: English
Po' Lazarus |
| Well, the high sheriff |
| He told his deputy |
| Want you go out and bring me Lazarus |
| Well, the high sheriff |
| Told his deputy |
| I want you go out and bring me Lazarus |
| Bring him dead or alive |
| Lawd, Lawd |
| Bring him dead or alive |
| Well the deputy he told the high sheriff |
| I ain’t gonna mess with Lazarus |
| Well the deputy he told the high sheriff |
| Says I ain’t gonna mess with Lazarus |
| Well he’s a dangerous man |
| Lawd, Lawd |
| He’s a dangerous man |
| Well then the high sheriff, he found Lazarus |
| He was hidin' in the chill of a mountain |
| Well the high sheriff, found Lazarus |
| He was hidin' in the chill of the mountain |
| With his head hung down |
| Lawd, Lawd |
| With his head hung down |
| Well then the high sheriff, he told Lazarus |
| He says Lazarus I come to arrest you |
| Well the high sheriff, told Lazarus |
| Says Lazarus I come to arrest you |
| And bring ya dead or alive |
| Lawd, Lawd |
| Bring you dead or alive |
| Well then Lazarus, he told the high sheriff |
| Says I never been arrested |
| Well Lazarus, told the high sheriff |
| Says I never been arrested |
| By no one man |
| Lawd, Lawd |
| By no one man |
| And then the high sheriff, he shot Lazarus |
| Well, he shot him mighty big number |
| Well the high sheriff, shot Lazarus |
| Well he shot him with a mighty big number |
| With a forty five |
| Lawd, Lawd |
| With a forty five |
| Well then they take old Lazarus |
| Yes they laid him on the commissary gallery |
| Well they taken poor Lazarus |
| And the laid him on the commissary gallery |
| He said my wounded side |
| Lawd, Lawd |
| My wounded side |