Hey little sister don't shed no tears No woman no cry say say say Everything's gonna be alright (Oh ah oh ah) Sit sit sit I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Brooklyn Observing the crookedness as it mingled with the good people we

In a mellow tone Feeling fancy free And I'm not alone I've got company Everything's OK The live long day With this mellow song I can't go wrong That's the way to live

Baby lie to me 'cause I couldn't stand the truth And I couldn't bear the thought of losin' you Baby lie to me, tell me everything's all right And when I'm sound asleep, you can fade into the night Girl, instead of sayin' goodbye Girl look at you right

And do some down south jukin' Well Billy Joe told me, said everything's lookin' fine He's got the place all secured, got the icebox full of wine He said hurry on over and don't be late He got three lovely ladies who just won't wait Do some down south

I'm so I'm so I'm so I'm so I'm so proud of you Everything's adding up, you've been through hell and back I know things get hard, but girl, you got it, girl, you got it, there you go Can't you tell by how they looking at you everywhere you go? Wondering

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh It's been way too long Since I seen you, looked you in your eyes Riding 'round the town and staying out, don't wanna say goodbye Everything's so different now You're just what I'm missing now But I know that I can't have you back, I

They ain’t seen the blood, sweat and tears it took to live their dreams When everything’s on the line No, it’s the ground we grew up on They think it’s a middle of nowhere place where we take it slow Aw, but they don’t know They call us a two lane just

Baby lie to me 'cause I couldn't stand the truth And I couldn't bear the thought of losin' you Baby lie to me, tell me everything's all right And when I'm sound asleep, you can fade into the night Girl, instead of sayin' goodbye Girl look at you right

Baby lie to me 'cause I couldn't stand the truth And I couldn't bear the thought of losin' you Baby lie to me, tell me everything's all right And when I'm sound asleep, you can fade into the night Girl, instead of sayin' goodbye Girl look at you right

Life goes by on a Talihina sky But everybody says this place is beautiful And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye But everything's the same, this town is pitiful And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly Weeds blow tall on a broken train track Ruth B.