Come and gather around me good people
My life I must reveal
Well tomorrow might have been different
and I know how my darling ought to feel
Well that last time I saw my woman
She had a wine glass in her hand
She was drinking down her troubles
With a low down sorry man
Well I wrote my Momma a letter
And I told her I was in jail
Well she wrote me back in a hurry
Saying honey I'm gonna come and throw your bail
Well I'm a laying around in this old jail house
Forty dollars will pay my fine
Pretty women swarming all around me
Marijuana has destroyed my mind
Give me cornbread when I'm hungry
Corn whiskey when I'm dry
Pretty women swarming all around me
Sweet Heaven when I die
Well my Daddy taught me plenty
And my Momma she taught me more
She said if I didn't quit my rowdy ways
I'd have trouble knocking at my door
When my Earthly trials are over
Throw my cold dead body in the sea
Tell that false hearted lover of mine
That the whales are gonna fuss over me
Give me cornbread when I'm hungry
Corn whiskey when I'm dry
Pretty women swarming all around me
Sweet Heaven when I die
credits
from High Top Mountain,
released June 11, 2013
All songs written by Sturgill Simpson (published by Pan Bowl Music Ascap)
except
POOR RAMBLER (Ralph Stanley/Ray Cline) Fort Knox Music Inc. (BMI) / 1983 Trio Music Company (BMI), All Rights Administered by BUG Music, Inc., a BMG Chrysalis company.
and
I'D HAVE TO BE CRAZY (Steve Fromholz) 1973 Bughouse (ASCAP) / Prophecy Publishing, All Rights Administered by BUG Music, Inc., a BMG Chrysalis company. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved.
1st time i heard DeathWish, i turned it off.
felt rushed, not the Isbell i've come to admire. really grab'd me when i took time to listen on the 2nd try. the writing on these songs stopped me in my tracks more than once. raw talent with just enough polish in the delivery.
thankyou Jason + 400 for another keeper swirlingmadness
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