| 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
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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
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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
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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
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| Give me cornbread 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
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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
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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
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| Give me cornbread 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 |