Oh, I asked her for water, oh, she brought me gasoline
<br>Oh, I asked her for water, oh, she brought me gasoline
<br>That's the troublingest woman that I ever seen
<br>
<br>Nobody loves me, but my mother and she could me jivin' too
<br>Nobody loves me, but my mother and she could me jivin' too
<br>Now you see why I act so funny, baby, when you do the things you do
<br>
<br>Born under a bad sign, been down since I began to crawl
<br>Born under a bad sign, been down since I began to crawl
<br>If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all
<br>
<br>I've done your dirty dishes. How much am I suppose to take?
<br>I've done your dirty dishes. How much am I suppose to take?
<br>When I left I had corn flakes for breakfast. Now there's a bone from a T-bone steak
<br>
<br>You won't tell me where you been, whiskey running all down your chin
<br>You won't tell me where you been, whiskey running all down your chin
<br>I smell a rat baby. I smell a rat baby
<br>
<br>My key don't fit your lock when I try to put it in your door
<br>I said, my key won't fit your lock when I try to walk it in your door
<br>I got this funny, funny feeling you don't want me around no more
<br>
<br>When the train left the station it had two lights on behind
<br>Yeah, when the train left the station it had two lights on behind
<br>Whoa, the blue light was my baby and the red light was my mind
<br>
<br>Papa was a rolling stone; wherever he laid his hat was his home
<br>Papa was a rolling stone; wherever he laid his hat was his home
<br>And when he died, all he left us was alone
<br>
<br>See that spider crawlin' up that wall
<br>See that spider crawlin' up that wall
<br>He's crawlin up there to get his ashes hauled
<br>
<br>I'll be your little dog till your big dog comes
<br>I'll be your little dog till your big dog comes
<br>And when the big dog gets here, don't tell him what the puppy done
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<br>Rebecca, Rebecca, get your big legs off of me
<br>Rebecca, Rebecca, get your big legs off of me
<br>It may be sending you baby but its worryin' the hell out of me
<br>
<br>I'm gonna buy me a pistol with a great long shiny barr'l
<br>I'm gonna buy me a pistol with a great long shiny barr'l
<br>Gonna shoot that rounder who stole away my gal
<br>
<br>If you see me comin', heist your window high
<br>If you see me comin', heist your window high
<br>If you see me goin', baby, hang your head and cry
<br>
<br>If your house catches fire and there ain't no water 'round
<br>If your house catches fire and there ain't no water 'round
<br>Throw your rags out the window, let the doggone shack burn down
<br>
<br>Well, I ride on a mailtrain, mama, can't buy no thrill.
<br>I've been up all night, baby, leanin' on the window sill.
<br>But if I die on top of the hill 
<br>And if I don't make it,
<br>You know my baby  will.
<br>
<br>Don't the moon look good, mama, shinin' through the trees?
<br>Don't the brakeman look good, mama, flagging down the "Double E"?
<br>Don't the sun look good goin' down over the sea?
<br>Don't my gal look fine when she's comin' after me?
<br>
<br>Ah, don't the sun look good, baby, coming down through the trees?
<br>Don't the ghost child look good, mama, sittin' on this mad-man's knee?
<br>Don't the moon look good goin' down over the sea?
<br>Don't my gal look fine
<br>When she's runnin' after me?
<br>
<br>Well, I ride on a mailtrain, mama,
<br>Can't buy no thrill.
<br>I've been up all night, baby,
<br>Leanin' on the window sill.
<br>But if I die
<br>On top of the hill
<br>And if I don't make it,
<br>You know my baby  will.
<br>
<br>Ah, don't the sun look good, baby,
<br>Coming down through the trees?
<br>Don't the ghost child look good, mama,
<br>Sittin' on this mad-man's knee?
<br>Don't the moon look good
<br>Goin' down over the sea?
<br>Don't my gal look fine
<br>When she's runnin' after me?
<br>
<br>Well I just been to the baggage room
<br>where the engineer he's been tossed
<br>Oh, I stamped on 40 compasses,
<br>God knows what they cost
<br>Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
<br>I don't wanna be your boss.
<br>And I can't help it
<br>if this train gets lost.
<br>
<br>Well I just been to the baggage room
<br>where the engineer he's been tossed
<br>Oh, I stamped on 40 compasses,
<br>God knows what they cost
<br>Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
<br>I don't wanna be your boss.
<br>And I can't help it
<br>if this train gets lost.
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