God Help Me Lyrics - Clifford T Ward

My coat's old, but it's got a good lining 

Round the cuffs it's started to fray 

Found a hole in the back of my pocket 

Must 'a' lost my money that way. 

Oh, God help me it's started to rain 

Oh, God help me I'm feeling the strain. 

I came down from the back of Virginia 

Got in a brawl in a dirty saloon 

Big fella said "I thought I'd seen ya 

With my lady looking up at the moon." 

Oh, God help me it's started to rain 

Oh, God help me I'm feeling the strain. 

I got a degree in philosophy at the University of Birmingham 

Then I shaved my face, got sick of the pace, so I quit the race 

I couldn't give a damn. 

My shoes leak, my feet are dirty 

My back aches and my head is sore 

Got mixed up with a gal named Gurty 

It's all I could to reach the door. 

Oh, God help me it's started to rain 

Oh, God help me I'm feeling the strain. 

INSTRUMENTAL 

Got a degree in philosophy at the University of Birmingham 

Then I shaved my face, got sick of the pace, so I quit the race 

I couldn't give a damn. 

My shoes leak, my feet are dirty 

My back aches and my head is sore 

Got mixed up with a gal named Gurty 

It's all I could to reach the door. 

Oh, God help me it's started to rain 

Oh, God help me I'm feeling the strain. 

Oh, God help me it's started to rain 

Oh, God help me I'm feeling the strain. 

(Repeat and fade).