High up in the mountains cutting the timbers down. All I do from dusk to dawn is follow that mule around. I had no intentions of staying away this long.
I was feelin' the blues. I was watching the news. When this fellow came on the TV. . He said "I'm tellin' you. That science has proven. That heartaches are healed by the sea".
Kick your shoes off in the corner mama. Tuck the babies all up snug. Sis Draper's comin' over, we all gonna cut a rug. When you see that lantern swingin' yonder.
It was the first time ever he saw her. He saw his future in a long white cotton gown. Sittin' there at the church house, she was gonna get baptized. They was gonna have dinner on the grounds.