Canteen Of Water Lyrics - The Illustrated David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1977-1979 - David Allan Coe

By J. Bolotin 

HE CARRIES HIS IDEAS 

AND HIS BOOKS BOUND IN LEATHER 

AND A CHANGE OF CLOTHING 

AND A PICTURE OF ANNA WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER 

LEST HE FORGET HER. 

AND IN AMONG HIS PAPERS 

IS A LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE HE KNEW 

AND MANY UNSENT LETTERS 

TELLING SOMEONE THAT HE'D BE THERE 

SOMETIME SOON. 

HEY STRANGER! AREN'T YOU THE TIREDNESS THAT REMAINS 

WHEN YOU THINK FREEDOM CANT BE MEASURED 

BY THE SCUFFLES ON YOUR BOOTS? 

HEY HEY HEY 

NOW HE DREAMS OF ANNA A LIFE IN THE TIME THEY WERE TOGETHER 

HE WAS HARD AND SHE WAS SUPPLE 

WHERE THEY LIVED OUT IN THE COUNTRY 

SHE THOUGHT GENTLE 

LIKE HIS HANDS UPON HER BODY 

AND WHEN ANNA FELT THE COOLING WIND 

DAVID FELT THE NEED TO BE BLOWN DOWN 

AND WHEN ANNA FELT THE CLEANSING RAIN 

DAVID FOUGHT THE FEAR THAT HE MIGHT DROWN 

HEY STRANGER! AND NOW YOU WONDER THROUGH THE COUNTRY 

THAT YOU HOPE IS MUCH LESS FRIGHTENING 

WHEN ITS QUICKER PASSING BY 

HEY HEY HEY 

NOW IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA 

AT THE LAST CHANCE DINER COUNTER 

BEING QUESTIONED BY THE WAITRESS 

HE PREPARES FOR THE DESERT 

WITH HIS FREEDOM 

AND A CANTEEN OF WATER