Before you take another step there’s something you should know About the years ahead and how they’ll be You’ll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow ’cause all i have to offer you is me. There’ll be no mansion waiting on the hill with crystal chandeliers Then there’ll be no fancy clothes..
In a mississippi cotton pickin’ delta town One dusty street to walk up and down Nothin’ much to see but a starvin’ hound In a mississippi cotton pickin’ delta town. Down in the delta where i was born All we raised was cotton, potatoes and corn I’ve picked cotton till my fingers hurt Draggin’ the..
Whenever I chance to meet some old friends on the street They wonder how does a man get to be this way I’ve always got a smiling face any time and any place And everytime they ask me why I just smile and say You’ve got to kiss an angel good morning And let her..
Rain dripping off the brim of my hat It sure is cold today And here i am’a walking down sixty-six Wish she hadn’t done me that way Sleeping under a table at a road side park A man could wake up dead But it sure seems warmer than it did Sleepin in our king size..