Eu acordava todo dia ouvindo tiro
Minha mãe da janela e o meu pai do meu quintal
Trocando bala com os vizinhos lá de cima
Aqui por essas bandas nada é mais tradicional
Eles queriam meu futuro diferente
Longe da miséria do meu pai, do meu avô
Mas eu cresci fazendo tudo exatamente
Do jeito mais errado, do jeito mais horror
E quanto mais sujo, mais ela me ama
Mais ela me quer
E quanto mais sujo, mais ela me ama
Mais forte eu vejo o brilho nos olhos dessa mulher
E por aí vai!
Se você acha que onde eu vivo é lamacento
Pro seu conhecimento, para mim é como um lar
Depois que pára de chover começa o vento
E anoitece antes de qualquer outro lugar
Há quem duvide que ela não reclame disso
Por que outro motivo ela sempre acorda aqui
Vem sorridente me trazer café na cama
Tem mais de uma semana que eu não sei o que é sair
Quanto mais feio, quanto mais sujo
Quanto mais forte o bafo
Mais ela gosta de mim
Quanto mais feio, quanto mais sujo
Primeiro dia fora da cadeia estadual
Ela que eu encontro bem na porta a me esperar
Num conversível com motor ligado
Que acabara de roubar
De volta na estrada, hoje é comemoração
Um maço de cigarros e uma garrafa de gin
Saindo da cidade, estacionou e disse:
"Espera aqui por mim".
Movimentação estranha e tiroteio
Um saco de dinheiro voa no banco de trás
Agora são mais duas horas sem pisar no freio
Tanque cheio, pé embaixo, não me pega mais
Esse destino que de novo me enganou
Meu primeiro dia livre começou
Comigo em fuga outra vez
Foi numa mesa de bar que a conheci
Bem no meio do saloon me apaixonei
E logo na manhã seguinte eu descobri
Com ela eu não consigo mais viver dentro da lei
Tanto tempo tinha que eu não via um pôr-do-sol
Melhor seria sem tanta sirene atrás de mim
Há muito tempo que eu não via a confusão
Ficando feia assim
E toda hora entra mais um na perseguição
Há quase quatro dias dirigindo sem dormir
E mesmo com a estrada bloqueada
Ela não pára de sorrir
Passando pelo posto de gasolina
Em meio a um vazamento na tubulação de gás
Eu vou sentir saudades desses olhos de menina
A ponta de cigarro acesa voa lá pra trás
O meu relógio no minuto em que parou
Foi achado tão longe de onde estou
Com ela em paz sem mais ninguém
Ela roubou meu caminhão, ela roubou meu caminhão
Ela me escreveu dizendo que não me agüentava mais
E foi embora com meu caminhão
Foi embora e me deixou aqui
Foi embora e me deixou aqui
Quando eu acordei e vi, meu caminhão não tava mais
E nunca mais eu vou dormir
(Refrão)
Eu que tinha até tatuado o nome dela
Eu pensava nela toda noite nesses dez anos
Que eu passei trancado naquela prisão
Essa foi demais, isso não se faz
Ninguém vai acreditar ela roubou meu caminhão
Ela já deve estar bem longe daqui
Ela já deve estar bem longe daqui
Daqui pode ter pego qualquer rodovia federal
E foi reto na reta até sumir
Só me pergunto o que é que aconteceu
Só me pergunto o que é que aconteceu,
Ela ter ido embora, tudo bem, eu não tô nem aí
Perder meu caminhão foi que doeu
(Refrão)
Sinceramente eu pensei que dessa vez fosse me regenerar
Trabalhando honestamente e com uma esposa cuidando do lar
Uma vida bem normal pra envelhecer em paz
Mas se o destino quis assim, agora tanto faz
Do bar não sai nunca mais
Ela roubou meu caminhão, ela roubou meu caminhão
Ela me escreveu dizendo que não me agüentava mais
E foi embora com meu caminhão
Foi embora e me deixou aqui
Foi embora e me deixou aqui
Quando eu acordei e vi, meu caminhão não tava mais
E nunca mais eu vou dormir
(Refrão)
(...)
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains --- Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Them Chains --- Them Chains They're About To Drag
Me Down
On A Monday I Was Ar-rested (Uh Huh)
On A Tuesday They Locked Me In The Jail (Oh Boy)
On A Wednesday My Trial Was At-tested
On A Thursday They Said Guilty And The Judge's Gavel
Fell
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains --- Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Them Chains --- Them Chains They're About To Drag
Me Down
On A Monday My Momma Come To See Me
On A Tuesday They Caught Me With A File
On A Wednesday I'm Down In Solitary
On A Thursday I Start On Bread And Water For A While
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains --- Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Them Chains --- Them Chains They're About To Drag
Well, you said you had enough
You said that you were leaving
I said: shove off, honey - baby, I ain't grieving
Pack your bags and pull out this evening
There's a wide open road
On Saturday morning you were nowhere about
And so I searched all town, but you had done pulled out
I looked north, east, west and a-leading south
I saw a wide open road
There's a wide open road
It's leading south from my abode
If you stick a-round and turn your damper down
There's a wide open road
Well, the reason I was looking for you all over town
Was to tell you that your kitty cat is still around
And you left your wedding ring when you went down
That wide open road
If you're gonna stay away, then honey let me know
How to cook hot biscuits, how to roll the dough
Everything's gone crazy since I told you to go
Down the wide open road
There's a wide open road
And honey, I want you to know
You can look down south or you can turn back home
Rápido garçom, me traga seu melhor whisky
Esse seu amigo aqui só tem mais meia hora
até que o diabo descubra que morri
e venha me levar embora
Desculpe garçom pela pressa
mas eu não tenho outra saída
eis todo meu dinheiro
traga-me tudo em bebida
O pouco tempo que me resta
que seja bem aproveitado
não faço questão de festa
mas quero estar embriagado
Rápido garçom, me traga seu melhor whisky
Esse seu amigo aqui só tem mais meia hora
até que o diabo descubra que morri
e venha me levar embora
Nada eu levo da vida
O que eu tenho é o que há no meu carro
Meus vinte melhores amigos
estão num maço de cigarros
Adeus meu bom amigo
Adeus e muito obrigado
espero beber contigo
no bar que há lá do outro lado
Rápido garçom, me traga seu melhor whisky
Esse seu amigo aqui só tem mais meia hora
até que o diabo descubra que morri
You take this hammer take it to the capt hey take this
hammer take it to the capt
Take this hammer take it to the capt you can tell him I'm
gone tell him I'm gone
Cause I ain't gonna take no more kicks and whippings
No I ain't gonna take no kicks and whipping
I ain't gonna take no more no more this kicks and
whippings
You can tell him I'm gone gone gone you can tell him I'm
gone
Captain call me a hard headed devil well the captain call
me a hard headed devil
Well the captain call me you hard headed devil
And that ain't my name that ain't my name
Well the Captain got a big gun bout a 99 calibre
Uuh Captain got a big gun bout a 99 calibre
Well the captain got a big gun bout a 99 calibre
He gonna shoot me down if he ever catches me gonna shoot
me down
But you tell him that I went where the great goose goes
Tell him that I'm gone where the great goose goes
Tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone just tell him I'm
gone
Take this hammer take it to the capt hey take this hammer
Well a readin' and a writin' and 'rithmetic never did
get through to me
It ain't because I'm square or thick cause I learned my
ABC's
But when I graduated from the grammar school and I
moved one grade above
I began to be a snook at books but I made straight A's
in love
Now the teacher would say to learn your algebra but I'd
bring name C's and D's
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid
On the left and on the right and in the back and the
front of me
Oh my grades are low on my card I know but they oughta
give me one above
If I made a mark for learnin' in the dark I'd have
straight A's in love
Now in my senior year with graduation near I did my
home work every night
And when my mama said I oughta go to bed I'd turn out
all the lights
But my sweetic pie was waitin' right outside she'd be a
cooin' like a dove
Though I did my beat I made some mess o'test but I made
straight A's in love
Now the teacher would say to learn your algebra but I'd
bring name C's and D's
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid
On the left and on the right and in the back and the
front of me
Oh my grades are low on my card I know but they oughta
give me one above
If I made a mark for learnin' in the dark I'd have
Aproveita agora pra fazer piada
por que você vai sair daqui sem nada
e como você vai voltar pra casa, eu não sei
Quando você blefa sua mão se move
Agora eu sei que você não tem nem mais que um par de noves
e eu tenho um four de reis
Gostou de apostar
mas quando todo seu dinheiro acabar
você vai repensar tudo aquilo que fez,
e que não fez, e que não vai
Quem perde sai
Fica só quem sabe jogar
Cada um que saiba de si
Pague e desocupe o lugar
Só de ficha aqui vai um dinheiro forte
Acho que alguém vai precisar de sorte
se não tiver o jogo na sua mão
Não quero aqui te chamar de otário
Mas você já tá fora desse páreo
E o que é hilário,você já perdeu sua mansão
Gostou de apostar
mas quando todo seu dinheiro acabar
você vai repensar tudo aquilo que fez,
e que não fez, e que não vai
Quem perde sai
Fica só quem sabe jogar
Cada um que saiba de si
Pague e desocupe o lugar
Quem perde sai
Fica só quem sabe jogar
Cada um que saiba de si
Pague e desocupe o lugar
Quem perde sai
Quem perde sai
Quem perde sai
Eu fui condenado a ser enforcado
hoje ao meio dia, pra sua alegria
Não me deram nada, nem mesmo um cigarro
Me jogaram pedra, mas passou de lado
Veio muita gente pra me ver morrendo
bem na minha frente, para o reverendo
Oportunidade que eu diria rara
de chamar seu nome e cuspir na cara
Todos ao diabo, antes que eu me esqueça
corda no pescoço, preso na cabeça
E não importa o que aconteca
eu volto do inferno pra pegar todos vocês
Não sinto remorso, muito menos medo
Não contei os mortos, não guardei segredo
Não existe nada em que eu acredite
A minha verdade era a dinamite
Mesmo procurado por assassinato
fui comer a puta, fui capturado
Eis me aqui agora, com o destino à frente:
Uma bola de ferro presa na corrente
Todos ao diabo, antes que eu me esqueça
corda no pescoço, preso na cabeça
E não importa o que aconteca
I saved a lot of money my fortune was untold
And like a fool I idealized my silver and my gold
My earthly treasure's mounted but when I counted through
I realized the treasure I had overlooked was you
My treasure unmeasured but forsaken of the treasures that
come from above
My treasure unmeasured but it don't hold a heart of the
one that I love
If I had my life before me and if I could see it all
I'd stake my claim on things that are secured against
downfall
I'd work for earthly treasures like any man would do
But I set my sights much higher and I'd be sure that I
had you
Well you come on thinking for open the door
You better pick on your feet or gonna fall on the floor
I keep on telling you and I tell you some more
you better leave that junk alone and drink water
Lord that liquor is hard drink water
You don't wanna be assault
You better lay down the bottle
And put it on the top and drink cool H2O
Well your eyes are begging and the bloodshot are ready
It's been a weak or two since you've been in bed
You better pay attention to what I say
You better leave that junk alone and drink water
Lord that liquor is hard drink water
You don't wanna be assault
You better lay down the bottle
And put it on the top and drink cool H2O
Well I forgive for you running around
If you just promess that you come unwild
I buy you anything that you want in town
If you leave that junk alone and drink water
Lord that liquor is hard drink water
You don't wanna be assault
You better lay down the bottle
Just around the corner there's heartache
Down the street that losers use
If you can wade in through the teardrops
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues
I walk and cry while my heartbeat
Keeps time with the drag of my shoes
The sun never shines through this window of mine
It's dark at the Home of the Blues
Oh, but the place is filled with the sweetest mem'ries
Mem'ries so sweet that I cry
Dreams that I've had left me feeling so bad
I just want to give up and lay down and die
So if you've just lost your sweetheart
And it seems there's no good way to choose
Come along with me, misery loves company
You're welcome at the Home of the Blues
Just around the corner there's heartache
Down the street that losers use
If you can wade in through the teardrops
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues
My mama always taught me that good things come from
adversity if we put our faith in the Lord.
We couldn't see much good in the flood waters when they
were causing us to have to leave home,
But when the water went down,
We found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom
dirt across our land.
The following year we had the best cotton crop we'd
ever had.
I remember hearing:
How high's the water, mama?
Two feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Two feet high and risin'
We can make it to the road in a homemade boat
That's the only thing we got left that'll float
It's already over all the wheat and the oats,
Two feet high and risin'
How high's the water, mama?
Three feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Three feet high and risin'
Well, the hives are gone,
I've lost my bees
The chickens are sleepin'
In the willow trees
Cow's in water up past her knees,
Three feet high and risin'
How high's the water, mama?
Four feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Four feet high and risin'
Hey, come look through the window pane,
The bus is comin', gonna take us to the train
Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain,
4 feet high and risin'
How high's the water, mama?
Five feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
Five feet high and risin'
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can't come back till the water comes down,
Five feet high and risin'
A young cowboy named Billy Joe
Grew restless on the farm
A boy filled with wanderlust
Who really meant no harm
He changed his clothes and shined his boots
And combed his dark hair down
And his mother cried as he walked out;
Refrain:
"Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Don't take your guns to town."
He sang a song as on he rode,
His guns hung at his hips
He rode into a cattle town,
A smile upon his lips
He stopped and walked into a bar and laid his money
down
But his mother's words echoed again;
Refrain:
"Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Don't take your guns to town."
He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his
shaking hand
And tried to tell himself at last he had become a man
A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down
And he heard again his mother's words;
Refrain:
"Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Don't take your guns to town."
Bill was raged and Billy Joe reached for his gun to
draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired before he even
As Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered
'round
And wondered at his final words;
Refrain:
"Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down.
I think you only live to see the lights of town.
I wasted my time when I would try, try, try.
'cause when the lights have lost their glow, you're gonna
cry, cry, cry.
Soon your sugar-daddies will all be gone.
You'll wake up some cold day and find you're alone.
You'll call to me but I'm gonna tell you: "Bye, bye,
bye,"
When I turn around and walk away, you'll cry, cry, cry,
You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone,
When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry.
I lie awake at night and wait 'til you come in.
You stay a little while and then you're gone again.
Every question that I ask, I get a lie, lie, lie.
For every lie you tell, you're going to cry, cry, cry.
When your fickle love gets old, no one will care for you.
You'll come back to me for a little love that's true.
I'll tell you no and you gonna ask me why, why, why?
When I remind you of all of this, you'll cry, cry, cry.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll want me there,
It'll hurt when you think of the fool you've been.
My bills are all due, my baby need shoes
But I'm busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound,
I'm busted
I've got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay
And big stacks of bills that grow bigger each day
The County will haul my belongings away,
I'm busted!
I call to my brother to ask for a loan
I'm busted
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone
but I'm busted
He said hey, little brother, ain't a thing I can do
My kids and my wife are all down with the flu
And I was just thinking of calling on you
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood
you Big River.
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl, Southern
drawl.
Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in
Davenport,
And I followed you, Big River, when you called.
Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy,
she's gone.
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the
block.
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down
alone.
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen,
roll it on.
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
Go on, I"ve had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf.
Well the Bible tells us about a man
Who ruled Babylon and all it's land
Around the city he built a wall
And declared that Babylon would never fall
He had concubines and wives
He called his Babylon "Paradise"
On his throne he drank and ate
But for Belshazzer it was getting late
For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His kingdom was divided, couldn't stand
He was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His houses were built upon the sand
The people feast and drank their wine
And praised the false gods of his time
All holy things were scorned and mocked
But suddenly all their mocking stopped
For on the wall there appeared a hand
Nothing else, there was no man
And but, the hand began to write
And Belshazzar couldn't hide his fright
For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His kingdom was divided, couldn't stand
He was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His houses were built upon the sand
Well no one around could understand
What was written by the mystic hand
Belshazzar tried but couldn't find
A man who could give him piece of mind
But Daniel the prophet, the man of God
He saw the writing on the wall in blood
Belshazzar asked him what it said
And Daniel turned to the wall and read
"My friend your weighed in the balance and found
wanting
Your kingdom was divided, it can't stand
Your weighed in the balance and found wanting
Your houses were built upon the sand"
Don't call my name out your window, I'm leaving
I won't even turn my head
Don't send your kin folks to give me no talkin'
I'll be gone like I said
You'd say the same old things that you've been saying
all along
Lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shut 'til I'm
gone
Don't give me that old familiar cryin' cussin' moan,
Understand your man (I'm tired of your badmouthin')
Understand your man.
You can give my other suits to the Salvation Army
And everything else I leave behind.
I ain't takin' nothing that'll slow down my travelin'
While I'm untanglin' my mind.
I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore
While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breathed before
I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter
Then you'll understand your man (meditate on it)
Understand your man (you hear me talkin')
