Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the
highway in a ditch He's lookin' down kinda puzzled
pokin' that dog with a stick Got his car door
flung open he's standin' out on highway 31 Like if
he stood there long enough that dog'd get up and
run Struck me kinda funny seem kinda funny sir to
me Still at the end of every hard earned day
people find some reason to believe

Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a love mean and
true She said "Baby I'll work for you every
day and bring my money home to you" One day
he up and left her and ever since that She waits
down at the end of that dirt road for young Johnny
to come back Struck me kinda funny seemed kind of
funny sir to me How at the end of every hard
earned day people find some reason to believe
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Take a baby to the river Kyle William they called
him Wash the baby in the water take away little
Kyle's sin In a whitewash shotgun shack an old man
passes away take his body to the graveyard and
over him they pray Lord won't you tell us tell us
what does it mean Still at the end of every hard
earned day people find some reason to believe

Congregation gathers down by the riverside
Preacher stands with his Bible groom stands
waitin' for his bride Congregation gone and the
sun sets behind a weepin' willow tree Groom stands
alone and watches the river rush on so
effortlessly Wonderin' where can his baby be still
at the end of every hard earned day people