Down over the window
From the dazzling sunlit rays place
throughThrough the back alleys, through the blinds
anotherAnother one of them endless the Memphis days

Honey bees are buzzing
leavesLeaves begin to stir
I'm in love with my second cousin
I tell myself I could be happy forever with her

I keep listening for footsteps
butBut I ain't never hearing any
fromFrom the boat, I fish for bullheads
I catch a lot, lot sometimes too many

A summer breeze is blowin'
aA squall is setting in
sometimesSometimes it's just plain stupid
toTo get into any kind of wind

Well the old men 'round hereenter deleted
sometimes they get on bad
Bad termsenter deleted
with the younger men, men
old,Old, young, age don't carry weight
itIt doesn't matter in the end

One of the boss' hangers-on
Sometimes sometimes comes to call
At times you least expect
Tryin' to bully you, strongarm you,
strong arm you inspire you with fear
It has the opposite effect

There's a new grove of trees onenter deleted
the outskirts of town
the oldThe other one is long gone
TIMBER10 foot, 2 foot, 6 across
Burns with the bark still on

They say times are hard
ifIf you don't believe it you can follow your nose
itIt don't bother me, times are hard anywhere everywhere
we'llWe'll just have to see how it goes

My old man, he's like some feudal lord Lord
he'sHe's got more lives than a cat
I've never seen him quarrelenter deleted
with my mother even once
thingsThings come alive or they fall flat

You can smell the pine wood burnin'
youYou can hear the school bell ring
gotGot to get up near the teacher, if you can
ifIf you wanna learn anything

Romeo, he said to Juliet, you "You got a poor complexion
itThat don't give you an your appearance or a very youthful touch touch"
Juliet said back to Romeo, Romeo
why"Why don't you just shove off,enter deleted
if it bothers you so much much"

They got all got outta here any way they could
Cold rain can give you the shivers
theyThey went down the Ohio, theenter deleted
Cumberland, the Tennessee, Tennessee
all theAll rest of them rebel rivers

If you ever try to interfere with meenter deleted
or cross my path again, again
youYou do so at the peril of your life
I'm not quite as cool, or forgiving as I sound
I've seen enough heartache and strife

My grandfather was a duck trapper, trapper
heHe could do it with just dragnets and ropes (?)
myMy grandmother could sew newenter deleted
dresses out of old cloth, cloth
I don't know if they had any dreams or hopes. hopes

I had 'em once, though I suppose
To go along with all the ring dancing, dancing
Christmas carols and all the Christmas eves
I left all my dreams and hopesenter deleted
buried under tobacco leaves

Not always easy kicking someone OUT out
gotGot to wait awhile, it can be an unpleasant task
sometimesSometimes somebody wants you to give something up
And tears or not, it's too much to ask. ask