A Hundred And Ten In The Shade Lyrics - John Fogerty

Way out there in the cotton 

Sun beatin' down so hard 

Sweat rollin' of this shovel 

Diggin' in the devil's boneyard 

Sure like a cool drink of water 

Soft rag to soothe my face 

Sure like a woman to talk to in this place 

It's a hundred and ten 

Hundred and ten in the shade 

Goin' way down 

Mama won't you carry me 

Handle so hot I can't stand it 

Might shrivel up and blow away 

Noonday sun make you crazy 

Least, that's what the old men say 

Bottom land hard as a gravestone 

Couldn't cut it with an axe 

Gonna lay me down right here 

And that's a fact 

It's a hundred and ten 

Hundred and ten in the shade 

Goin' way down 

Mama won't you carry me 

Sometimes late in the evenin' 

Everything is quiet and still 

I set here and think about leavin' 

Lord, I guess I never will 

Heartache down in that city 

Bright light scares me anyway 

Sure like a woman to talk in this place 

It's a hundred and ten 

Hundred and ten in the shade 

Goin' way down 

Mama won't you carry me