Met her in the summer She was selling flowers In the streets of Paris And we passed away the hours Talking with our eyes and laughing 'Cause I spoke not
Seems like such a long time ago I was walking on a lonely road Getting tired of dreamin' alone Like all the lonely people I had known Seems like such
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang All day long they work so hard till the sun
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild, wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy
She stood by the window and let down her hair Asked if I knew that I shouldn't be there Her lips said goodbye but her body said stay I knew I should go
Well, I know that I shouldn't have done it I know that it just wasn't right 'Cause they got me back up to the Cotton Mouth River And I can't cross late
Well, she was standing by my dressing room after the show Asking for my autograph and asked if she could go Back to my motel room but the rest is just
And you think you've seen trouble Well, you're lookin' at the man, ah ha Oh, the world's own original hard luck story And a hard time losin' man Oh,
Hey, tomorrow where are you goin'? Do you have some room for me? 'Cause night is fallin' and the dawn is callin' I'll have a new day if she'll have me
He struggled so hard to be king Working night and day Dreaming of only one thing Never a holiday Somewhere along the way He forgot she was only a girl
I don't gamble, I don't fight I don't be hangin' in the bars at night Yeah, I used to be a fighter But now I am a wiser man I don't drink much, I don
Don't you know, I had a dream last night That you were here with me? Lyin' by my side, so soft and warm And we talked a while and shared a smile And
Hey love, don't be afraid To stay until tomorrow Lover's dawn is waiting Just this side of day If you thought I loved you yesterday I'll love you more
I was born to sing a good-time song You know that nothin' used to bring me down 'Til the day I fell in love with you And baby that's the day I found...
If you get to feelin' all alone When your good time friends have all got up and gone Don't come knockin' around my door Because I've heard your lines
Ol' man river, that ol' man river He must know something, but he don't say nothing That ol' man river, he just keep rollin' along He don't plant 'taters
Snowy nights and Christmas lights Icy windowpanes Make me wish that we could be Together again And the windy winter avenues Just don't seem the same
Used to be that I could see A reason to be happy 'cause I was free But then, recently it seems I?ve been lettin' your memory get to me Used to be that