We lease twenty acres and one Ginny mule
From the Alabama trust
For half of the cotton and a third of the corn
We get a handful of dust
Chorus:
We cannot have all things to please us
No matter how we
Oh the night came undone like a party dress
And fell at her feet in a beautiful mess
The smoke and the whiskey came home in her curls
And they crept through the dreams of the barroom
girls
Well she to
When I cross over
I will shout and sing
I will know my savior
By the mark where the nails have been
CHORUS:
By the mark where the nails have been
By the sign upon his precious skin
I will know my s
I had a real good mother and father
And they surely stood the test
And now they’re in bright glory
And are sleeping on the savior’s breast
They set a good example for me
And they taught me how to
Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She’s a-running around with her rag-top down
She says I wanna do right but not right now
Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy
Running around with the rag
There’s gotta be a song let to sing
Cause everybody can’t of thought of
everything
One little song that ain’t been sung
One little rag that ain’t been wrung out
completely ye
A long time ago I left my home
For a job in the fruit trees
But I missed those hills with the windy pines
For their song seemed to suit me
So I sent my wages to my home
Said we'd soon be together
For
There's a hundred bluebirds
Up above the clouds
Putting all the color in the sky
And twice as many tear drops
there to wash it down
Every one's another lullaby
But there's only one and only
Who c
I am an orphan on God's highway
But I'll share my troubles if you go my way
I have no mother no father
No sister no brother
I am an orphan girl
I have had friendships pure and golden
But the ties o
Paper wings, all torn and bent
But you made me feel that they were heaven sent
Paper wings, not real at all
But they took me high enough to really fall
Your paper kisses faded too soon
Just like a pap
Standing on the corner with a nickel or a dime
There use to be a rail car to take you down the
line
Too much beer and whiskey to ever be employed
And when I got to Nashville, it was too much
soldiers jo
Well now boys, I'm a rollin' stone
That's what I was when I first left home
I took every secret that I'd ever known
And headed for the wall
Like a wrecking ball
Started down a little road of sin
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