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First One! Woohoo!
[verse 1]
I learned a fella, he ought to keep,
some thoughts to himself
Every man, he has a hunger
That he must keep on the shelf
I don’t care what no one says
Because the truth is people change
I stayed on that straight and narrow
But my baby took a different train
I left my past there hidden deep
On the Texas Oklahoma line
But I feel them spirits with me
No they’re never too far behind
I miss the nights on the river gambling
Out on a boat in Louisian’
And I recall a loss near full moons bay
On just one single hand
[Chorus]
Cause it ain’t hard to keep a job
But a living is hard to make
A grown man cries to feel alive
and in his shame he starts to pray
He says father not mine
but thy will be done
I’ll be where you want me
before the rising sun
[verse 2]
I met a salesman with a bible
In a pinstripe three-piece suit
In one breath he took my money,
With the next he spoke the truth
Well the bank has opened up
Overnight they seized the town
All the widows keep on sinking
Like a hound dog bound to drown
I feel the madness creeping in
Sanity slips my grip
I hear a string band playing Dixie
The war is lost but they don’t quit
Oh my baby left me broken-hearted
No man has ever felt so alone,
So now I head down to the corner
The only place I feel at home
[Chorus]
Cause it ain’t hard to keep a job
But a living is hard to make
A grown man cries to feel alive
and in his shame he starts to pray
He says father not mine
but thy will be done
I’ll be where you want me
before the rising sun
[verse 3]
She comes from the reservation
And every night the drunk men ask
Where’s my Umatilla princess
I’m only here to see her dance
With a feather in her hair
She lays her body bare
she takes them for their money
And she leaves them with a stare
See the men thinks she likes dancing
Each believes he owns her soul
They don’t realize that beneath her smile
Is a pain they’ll never know
No it’s a truth they’ve never heard
It’s a truth they won’t accept
That a person doesn’t stand a chance
When they’ve never been shown respect
[Chorus]
Cause it ain’t hard to keep a job
But a living is hard to make
A grown girl cries to feel alive
and in her shame she starts to pray
She says father not mine
but thy will be done
I’ll be where you want me
before the rising sun