why are the streets deserted?
because a child will slap your face
they say i owe the man some rent
but i ain’t even got a place
have you ever been accused
and you ain't done nothing wrong?
they arrested me for murder
and i can't even sing a song
they arrested me for forgery
and i can’t even sign my name
they arrested me for cheating
but i don’t know the rules of the game
they arrested me for peeping
but i been blind from birth
they arrested me for vagrancy
but i’m a stranger on this earth
they arrested me for stealing sheep
but i don’t eat no mutton
they arrested me for exposure
but i always button my buttons
they arrested me for everything
since i can’t remember when
for preaching without a license
but i never confessed no sin
they arrested me for rustling
but i can’t even herd a cow
and for setting a bomb on the railroad track
but i swear i don’t know how
i never met st peter or paul
and the devil is my twin
and i washed my hands in a muddy stream
but i can’t say rightly when
i threw my bottle in the river
because the whiskey was all gone
and sat beside the waters of egypt
with the whore of babylon
No comments:
Post a Comment