I would rather to be buried In some cypress grove Six feet in the clay I will drink muddy water I'm gonna sing this song Have a contrary woman Lord, that I can't control And when yo' knee-bones get shaky Honey, and your blood run cold

We don't hurry We don't hurry we got all this time We ain't worried we just wait and hide And who cares what's going on Just put on my favorite song Gonna dance for you in slow mo' Aye, we don't hurry Chasin' flies And I give you anything you're wanting

Helpless (helpless) See the flashing lights, hear the thunder roar I am gonna set you all alight Gotta fill this hall tonight I can see the stars, but I can't see what's going on Every night alone I sing my song just for fun Only time will tell if I'll

Sing this song and I ain't gonna sing no more Hard time here and everywhere you go Times is harder than ever been before And the people are driftin' from door to door Can't find no heaven, I don't care where they go Hear me tell you people, just before I

I believe they can take anything from me But they can't succeed in taking my inner peace They can say all they want to say about me But I'm gonna carry on Oh, yeah, oh huh I woke up this morning with a smile on my face Nobody's gonna bring me down today

Back in the doghouse What did I do wrong? Yeah, back in the doghouse And I'm singing this song, well And I'm singing this song With things alright for a little while But then the story of my life Was gonna wipe that smile You heard the born of a bad sign