
Date of issue: 18.05.1992
Record label: Geffen
Song language: English
Ballad Of Spider John |
You might come to understand |
Why I’m old and bent and devil’s been runnin' out of time |
When I long ago held a royal flush in my hand. |
Oh, I was a super market fool, I was a roll-the-bank, a Stool pigeon, |
Robbing my hometown |
I thought I’d lost the blues, yes, I thought I’d paid my dues |
I thought I’d found the life to suit my style |
But here I sit ol' Spider John |
The robber man |
Long, tall and handsome |
Yes, ol' Spider John with the loaded hand |
Taking ransom |
Then one day I met Diamond Lil |
She was the sweetest thing, I declare, |
That the summer breeze ever blown my way |
But, lady, she had no idea my illustrious occupation |
She thought I was a saint, not a sinner gone astray |
But you see that word got around and Lily left town |
Never saw her again |
Tossin' and turnin', causin' my heart to grieve |
Oh, I was a super market fool, I was roll-the-bank, stool pigeon |
Robbing my hometown. |
I thought I’d lost my blues, thought I’d paid my dues |
I thought I’d found the life to suit my style. |
But here I sit ol' Spider John, |
The robber man |
Long, tall and handsome |
Yes, ol' Spider John with the loaded hand |
Taking ransom |
That is all my story |
Been these thirty years since I took to the road |
Find my precious jewel one |
If you see my Lily, won’t you give her my regards |
Tell her ol' Spider got tangled |
In the black web that he spun |
You can tell her that ol' Spider got tangled |
In the black web that he spun |
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