There's a solitary man crying, hold me It's only because he's a-lonely If the keeper of time runs slowly He won't be alive for long! If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? It means

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit Well, that was just a lie And you ain't no friend of mine Well they said you was high-classed Yeah they said you was high-classed Ya know they said you was

Oh, oh, oh, Jamie's cryin' She wants to send him a letter, yeah yeah Just to try to make herself feel better It said, "Give me" ("Give me a call sometime") But she knows what that'll get her She saw the look in his eyes And she knew better He wanted her

Holy Mother, where are you? Tonight I feel broken in two. I've seen the stars fall from the sky. Holy mother, can't keep from crying. Oh I need your help this time, Get me through this lonely night. Tell me please which way to turn To find myself again.

(You're all) Every time the front door shakes Every time I hear the breaks And that long whistle cryin' through the night I'm reminded of the way I feel Gettin' crushed by your wheels tonight Shut up train I'm trying to sleep Can't you show me a little

Hear the children cryin' But I know they cry not in vain Now the times are changin' Love has come to bloom again Smelling the air when spring comes by raindrops Reminds us of youthful days But now it's not rain that water the cane crops But the sweat

Crying lightning And twisted and deranged Your past-times, consisted of the strange And I hate that little game you had called Outside the cafe by the cracker factory You were practicing a magic trick And my thoughts got rude, as you talked and chewed On

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit Well, that was just a lie You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time And you ain't no friend of mine Well they said you was high-classed Yeah they said you was high-classed You know they said you was

I don't want you on my mind all the time I believe that it shows a sign of weakness I don't want no lonely nights that gets me cryin' I found out I don't get nowhere with weakness Every dream about you I don't want all the time doin' up my mind I don't

And I, I would die for you And when you're gone, time is so slow And like the grass, I've watched us grow You are everything to me There have been times when I'm up all night Crying in the dark, so I sleep with the light on I've heard I've got words like