Jim Lauderdale

Build a mighty edifice to lean against the sky Carve your name upon the gate in letters ten feet high Brick,

I'm on a Louisville roll, going down, down, down Down to the Ohio, just to knock around You know I met a

Heard Joe Farmer say, scuse me please* Those were the days, but so are these Pull over park, turn off the

Call me trashcan tomcat* I'm as lonesome as a song Call me trashcan tomcat And you will never call

Hey girl we've been friends for so long And I've always been your shoulder when you cried Now your

Looking elsewhere, looking around I sat me down, I sat me down Looking for answers where they can't be

Well, I forded the river I paid all my bills Gave a gift to the giver Now I'm headed for the

I've been waiting by the way Chill of night and heat of day I can't even count the hours Wasted

I got no wheels I got no dough I'm leaving Mobile I gotta go Chorus I gotta go

I went out walkin' up high timberline Snow fell like kisses, the air sweet as wine Callin' me back

Railroad bridge is washing down the gorge at Sandy Ford Where you stand there on the shoreline, oh will you come

Easy times come hard for me and oh my darling Time again to dream that you are coming home Happy times

Well, I was coolin' my heels down in Flacktown They was blazin' from a footrace with a hellhound My