When I was very young. My daddy took me on his knees. Son, there some things I wanna learn you. Before you get away from me. . Don't let nobody boss you much.
Come all ye young cowboys and listen to me. And don't waste your life on that ol' hanging tree. And don't think that size ever makes man small. You find out it's nothing at all.
Well you pass around the pipe and you all get high. You never even stop and wonder why. Maybe it's because you wanna die. Maybe it's just the way things have to be.
Well, down in Mississippi, there's a little bitty town. And there ain't much happens 'till the sun goes down. Then all the people come from miles around.
He blew in town at midnight. And he didn't mean to stay. And then he found her. Just at closing time at the Alamo Cafe. . And the way he smiled and carried on.
He wears a zoot suit with a reet pleat,. Drives a '36 Cord with a rumble seat.. He's a jitterbug; scare the letters off a highway sign.. He drinks beer and eats bennies.
It rained all night in Frisco and my sleeping bag got soaked. I woke up this morning, I was cold and wet and broke. I lit up my last cigarette at the California line.