Lee Hazlewood

Lord I'd like to leave this town
Lord I'd like to leave this town
But I guess I'll hang around
But I guess I'll hang around

Trouble is a lonesome town
Trouble is a lonesome town
Trouble is where I was born
Yeah trouble is where I was born

[harmonica]

Trouble is a lonesome town
Trouble is a lonesome town
Trouble is where I was born
Yeah trouble is where I was born
Trouble
Trouble

Four years down and twenty one to blow
Ten thousand more breakfasts to go
Fourteen million seconds of living this way
And I guess it's time I started to pray them bars away

I wonder what you're doing since I don't see you none
Are you still a doin' all them rotten things we done
If you've got some spare time why don't you learn to pray
Maybe you can help me to pray them bars away

Remember old Red Barber we checked out last night
He still hold them eighteen years it serves the devil's right
He checked out in a casket he've been sixty two today
I heard that he went crazy tryin' to pray them bars away

Sometimes I miss the women and miss them all I do
Sometimes I miss the whiskey and I miss the good times too
Sometimes I miss my mama I saw her Christmas Day
But I never miss a time to pray them bars away

I'm told I should be thankful for everything I've got
So thank you for the rock walls and the brave bulls thanks a lot
And thank you for the good job and twenty cents a day
Thank you for the break time to pray them bars away

Standing on the corner with a raggedi-old suitcase by my side
Waiting for a Greyhound bus to come along so I can hook a ride
Gonna go as far as 14 dollars will take a fool like me
Gotta find a place where I can hide, you know I must forget Marie
Marie

I'm standing on the corner feeling raindrops raise tears down my face
Try and losers tears and knowing that I never should have run the race
Never should have let her built a house of love, it's falling in on me
Gotta find a place where I can hide, you know I must forget Marie
Marie

I'm standing on the corner with a raggedi-old suitcase by my side
Waiting for the Greyhound bus to come along so I can hook a ride

In the waking hours of some not too distant morning
You come walking barefoot to this cowl pulled mind
Selling yesterday's dreams wrapped in tomorrow's paper
Whistling for a dog named kindness that you'll never find
It's a cold, hard world love
These are cold hard times
These are cold hard times

Standing in some narrow space you'll hear your mother crying
For the thoughts she had and didn't use and now they're gone
And your father is still out back he's selling and he's buying
There's nothing he can give you 'cause he's never once been wrong
It's a cold, hard world love
These are cold hard times
These are cold hard times

I heard my brother died last week or was it just a rumor
From an overdose of hate taken in his veins
I heard the preachers said God must have a sense of humor
'cause when they put him in the grave it didn't even rain
It's a cold, hard world love
These are cold hard times
These are cold hard times
These are cold hard times

One night Johnny sang the truth to me
On a northbound train from Nashvile Tennessee
Taught me all the letters in a lam
Sang 'freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

Recieved your invitation to the war
I sent it back so please don't send no more
I'd rather rot in some jail all alone
Singin' "freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

If I have to ride this train a hundred years
And all I drink is my own tears
I'll not kill for you or on my own
Singin' 'freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

Government send politicians too
There's lots of people feel the way we do
A hundred million of us can't be wrong
Singin' 'freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

We rode on trains with hunger and pain but we didn't cry
Easy and me and some other guy
We hook some rides, stood side by side and watch cars go by
Easy and me and some other guy
The days and the nights we cared for each other
The wrongs and the rights we shared with each other
Then one day last week she kissed my cheek and whispered goodbye
Then Easy walked on with some other guy

My baby cried all night long my baby cried all night long
She saw me dancin' with a girl named Flow
A huggin' and a kissin' with the lights down low
And my baby cried all night long

Ah my baby cried all night long my baby cried all night long
She saw me messin' with a girl named Sue
And baby can't do what Sue can do
And my baby cried all night long
[ strings ]
Last night I cried all night long (this is the sad part)
Last night I cried oh yeah all night long
I saw my baby out on the town
Doin' all the things I done and Lord it brought me down
And you can bet I cried all night long
Last night I cried all night long

And the moral of this story is that you shouldn't be caught messin'
Where you shouldn't been messin' or you'll end up cryin' all night long
And that's when I end up cryin' all night long
Cause I was caught messin' where I shouldn't been messin'

Kiss all the pretty ones goodbye
Give everyone a penny that cry
You can throw all my tranquil' pills away
Let my blood pressure go on its way
For my autumn's done come
My autumn's done come. Done come

Let those 'I-don't-care-days' begin
I'm tired of holdin' my stomach in
No more slinky folk dollars for me
I'll take Sears & Roebuck dollars gladly
For my autumn's done come
My autumn's done come. Done come

Bring me water short and scotch tall
A big long black cigar that ain't all
Hang me a hammock between two big trees
Leave me alone, damned! Let me do as I please
For my autumn's done come
My autumn's done come. Done come

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.

Male:
I walked in town on silver spurs that jingled to.
A song that I had only sang to just a few.
She saw my silver spurs and said let's pass some time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.
Take off your silver spurs and and help me pass the time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Male:
My eyes grew heavy and my lips they could not speak.
I tried to get up but I couldn't find my feet.
She reassured me with an unfamiliar line.
And then she gave to me more summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.
Take off your silver spurs and and help me pass the time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Mmm-mm summer wine.

Male:
When I woke up the sun was shining in my eyes.
My silver spurs were gone, my head felt twice its size.
She took my silver spurs, a dollar and a dime.
And left me cravin' for more summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.
Take off your silver spurs and and help me pass the time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Mmm-mm summer wine

I've seen the Golden Gate in San Francisco Bay
I've seen the Empire State and walked down ol' Broadway
I've seen the northern lights in some Alaskan town
Since I saw you with him I move I move around

I've seen a movie star at Hollywood and Vine
I've seen the Zanzibar and heard the Big Ben chime
I've seen the Eiffel and I'd been in New Cape Town
Since I saw you with him I move I move around

[strings]

I've seen a matador in Barcelona cry
I've seen old Singapore the bridge on river Kwai
I've seen the Mardi Gras and been in One Horse town
Since I saw you with him I move I move around
I move around I move around

Stranger's arms reach out to me cause they know I'm so lonely
Then my mind goes back to you your sweet love sees me through
Your sweet love sees me through
[strings]
Stranger's eyes see through me they know I need company
Then I stop and think of you your sweet love sees me through
Your sweet love sees me through
[strings]
Strangers take my loneliness tell me that they understand
Until the death I'll think of you and your sweet love sees me through
Your sweet love sees me through

Male:
Young woman share your fire with me.
My heart is cold, my soul is free.
I am a stranger in your land.
A wandering man, call me sand.

Female:
Oh sir my fire is very small.
It will not warm thy heart at all.
But thee may take me by the hand.
Hold me and I'll call thee sand

Male:
Young woman share your fire with me.
My heart is cold, my soul is free.
I am a stranger in your land.
A wandering man, call me sand.

Female:
At night when stars light up the sky.
Oh sir I dream my fire is high.
Oh taste these lips sir if you can.
Wandering man, I call thee sand.

Female:
Oh sir my fire is burning high.
If it should stop sir I would die.
A shooting star has crossed my land.
Wandering man.

Male
She whispered sand.

Female:
(Whispers) Sand.

Male:
Young woman shared her fire with me.
Now warms herself with memory.
I was a stranger in her land.
A wandering man, she called me sand.

Female:
He was a stranger in my land.
A wandering man.

Male:
She called me sand

Woke up Sunday morning and I thought that I could sing
But I can't no I can't
Woke up Sunday morning and I thought I heard bells ring
But they don't no they won't
Oh it's dark it's dark in my heart

Got a letter from my mama but she didn't send no cash
Send no cash not a dime
Got a letter from my sister and she's still writin' trash
Writin' trash talked for the trash
Oh it's dark it's dark in my heart

I asked a man some questions and he told me just the truth
Just the truth and I didn't believe him
I asked a girl for lovin' and she walked in the phonebooth
That ain't cool in the phonebooth
Oh it's dark it's dark in my heart

Met a girl in New York and she had a lotta class
Lotta class tourist class
Took the girl to LA but she said it wouldn't last
Wouldn't last and it didn't
Oh it's dark it's dark in my heart
Oh it's dark it's dark in my heart

Hey there Mr Bartender now have a little pitty on me
Time is rough and a fuss is tough and I'm where I'm not supposed to be
I'll give you my watch for a fifth of Scotch
If you don't make fun cause it don't run no better than I do after six

Hey there Mr Bartender lots of things are botherin' me
There's the hydrogen bomb in VietNam and I'm out of sigarettes since three
I'll give you my stickpen for a pint of gin
If you don't joke cause the diamond's broke
And it don't shine no better than I do after six

[acoustic guitar]

Hey there Mr Bartender you better get a drip on me
My pulse is slow when I'm about to go I need a little charity
I'll give you my shoes for a glass of booze
If you won't tell they don't smell no better than I do after six

(Oh, bartender I'll do anything for you I'll pick my guitar
Bartender you listen to me bartender)

I am a part of every road you walk down
And I am a part of every dream that you found.

And when you cry I'll cry along with you
And should you die I know that I'll die too.

I am that part of everything that you do,
Since I became a part of you,
Since I became a part of you.

I am a part of every hurt and every lie
And I am a part of every tear that you cry.

And when you're sad you know that I'm sad too
And if you're bad then I'll be bad with you.

I am that part of everything that you do,
Since I became a part of you,
Since I became a part of you

Tell you babe I'm not the lovin' kind
So you better get it off your mind
Give you money I don't care take you with me anywhere
Oh tell you babe I'm not the lovin' kind

Tell you babe I'm not the lovin' kind
It's somebody else for you to find
Cast your tears into the sea don't waste your good tears on me
Tell you babe I'm not the lovin' kind
[ strings - horns ]
Tell you babe I'm not the lovin' kind
So you better move on down the line
Told you so never lied love's a train I'll never ride
Tell you babe I'm not the lovin' kind
I told you so never lied love's a train I'll never ride
Tell you babe I'm not the lovin' kind
Not the lovin' kind not the lovin' kind

(Here's a little song about boots and a darlin' named Nancy)

You keep sayin' you got something for me something you call love but confess
You've been messin' where you shouldn't been messin' (that's right)
And now someone else is a gettin' all your best
These boots are made for walkin' and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

[bass]

You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthen
And you keep loosin' when you ought enough bad
You keep samin' when you oughta be changin'
Now what's right is right and you ain't been right yet (listen to me)

These boots are made for walkin'...

[horns]

You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playin'
And you keep thinkin' that you'll never get burned
Well I've just found me a brand new box of matches
And what he knows you ain't that time to learn

These boots are made for walkin'...

In a small village near La Paz Mexico lived a boy not so many years ago
And hunger was his enemy every day but he never begged the boy called Jose
And every day he worked in the fields as he worked well

And when the night came this boy slept where he fell
And the earth was the only mother he ever knew some people say
And she gave him strenght and he grew to be a man called Jose (Jose Jose)

One Sunday afternoon this young man saw his first bullfight
And his blood ran hot and he couldn't sleep that night
And as the morning came he thought he heard his mother say
Now you know why you were born Jose

And he lived for one thing and nothing more he had to be the very best matador
And when he killed his first bull one bright Sunday
You could hear a lace a hundred miles for Jose (Jose Jose)

And as his fame grew his fortune grew too but he gave much of this fortune
Away
Because he knew that other's fight is old enemy hunger every day
And so many times he heard God bless you Jose

And the years passed and Jose said I'll fight great bulls no more
The younger men they better sooth it for
The Sunday game with its blood and its death to pay
You'll soon forget the matador Jose (Jose Jose)

And the next morning we found him lying on the ground
He didn't move he didn't make a sound
And yet we heard from somewhere someone say
Welcome home my little boy Jose (Jose Jose Jose Jose)

I know you're leavin' babe goodbye and so long
I hope someday somebody listens to your song
Those bright lights never ever spell your name it's true
Maybe a change it seem would be the best for you
Ah so long babe so long babe so long babe so long babe so long babe

I know you're leavin' babe goodbye and so long
Pick up the pieces and go back where you belong
You gave 'em all you had what did they give you
They gave you nothin' babe so give 'em nothin' too ah so long babe

[horns + strings]

I know you're leavin' babe goodbye and so long
You never made it babe I wonder what went wrong
They never understood your songs here's what you do
Just walk away and leave 'em let 'em come to you
Ah so long babe so long babe so long babe so long babe so long babe

The hurt I hurt is nothing like the hurts I've hurt before
The things I feel do not feel like things I've felt before
And the loneliness and the emptiness and the hopelessless are fine
Because sometimes my cloudy brain remembers for one moment you were mine

[strings]

The pain that pains is not the pain that's pained my heart before
The tears I tear are not the tears my eyes have teared before
And the loneliness and the helplessness and the uselessness are fine
Because some times my cloudy brain remembers for one moment you were mine

People used to bill and coo
But that don't make it with you
Coz there's other things we do
In our time, baby
In our time, yeah
In our time, baby
In our time

Girls were once suffragettes
Now they're out takin' bets
Smokin' filter cigarettes
In our time, baby
In our time
In our time, baby
In our time

Holdin' hands in the Louvre
Used to be such a groove
Now some take trips and never move
In our time, baby
In our time
In our time, baby
In our time

Mickey Mouse ain't no kid
Since he read the Wizard of Id
He's trying to figure out what he did
In our time, baby
In our time
In our time, baby
In our time

Housewives dig rock 'n' roll
If you're wrong you've got soul
If you're twenty then you're old
In our time, baby
In our time
In our time, baby
Our own sweet time

In our time, baby
In our time
In our time, baby
In our time
In our time, baby
In our time, yeah
In our time....

I know you'll hurt me and it's such a crying shame
Cause when I'll die with my last breath I'll call your name
I never thought you'd be so cruel
Lemme tell you that happens when a fool loves a fool

With every breath I take with every kiss I kiss
With every tear I cry there goes my happiness
I never thought you'd be so cruel
Lemme tell you that happens when a fool loves a fool

Well I can't live without you but I don't know what I'm gonna do about you
I'm weak and the God knows who's to blame
Well I love and want you near me but you never could seem me hear me
You gonna mess around and drive me insane

I cry and cry and cry you just walk away
You lie and lie and lie and I come back to stay
I never thought you'd be so cruel
Lemme tell you that happens when a fool loves a fool
[ horns ]
Well I can't live without you...
Lemme tell you that happens when a fool loves a fool

This town, is a lonely town
Not the only town like this town
This town, is a make-you town
Or a break-you-town and bring-you-down town

This town, is a quiet town
For a riot town like this town
This town, is a love-you town
And a shove-you-down and push-you-'round town

This town, well it's an all-right town
For an uptight town, like this town
This town, is a use-you town
An abuse-you town until-you're-found town

Them girls call me such and such
Them girls with society's touch
A long blond hair and a money to spent
Them girls did me in
Them girls took the boys so fine
Runned his world and warped his mind
Them girls did that to me
I let them Lord don't you see

Them girls keep me out past eight
Let me kiss 'em then reciprocate
Them girls 'll be the death of me
But if I gotta go I go gladly
For them girls them girls

Them girls do groovy things
Them girls buy me golden rings
Them girls made me live again
And I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in
Them girls took the boys so fine
Runned his world and warped his mind
Them girls did that to me
I let them Lord don't you see

Them girls show me things brand new
A razamataz' and a hoopy-my-do
Them girls 'll be the death of me
But if I gotta go I go gladly
For them girls them girls
Them girls them girls
Them girls them girls them
Them girls

Loneliness is all I understand
Happiness is in another land
Tenderness is what I felt today
When you touched my lonely hands
And today was a day like I've never known before
And your touch made me feel alone no more.
When you touched my hands, you touched my hands
My lonely hands
And today was a day like I've never known before
And your touch made me feel alone no more
When you touched my hands, you touched my hands
My lonely hands

In the beginning there was nothing
But it was kind of fun watching nothing grow

You came walkin' into my life
Carryin' your own dreams
You could've been
Yeah, you could've been good
Then why were you so goddamn mean
But till you I never had any fun But I'm sure glad I never
Ain't you glad I never
Be glad I never owned a gun

Male:
Some velvet morning when I'm straight.
I'm gonna open up your gate.
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
and how she gave me life
and how she made it in.
Some velvet morning when I'm straight.

Female:
Flowers growing on the hill.
Dragonflies and daffodils.
Learn from us very much.
Look at us but do not touch.
Phaedra is my name.

Male:
Some velvet morning when I'm straight.
I'm gonna open up your gate.
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
and how she gave me life
and how she made it in.
Some velvet morning when I'm straight.

Female:
Flowers are the things we knew.
Secrets are the things we grew.
Learn from us very much.
Look at us but do not touch.
Phaedra is my name.

Male:
Some velvet morning when I'm straight.
Female:
Flowers growing on the hill.
Male:
I'm gonna open up your gate.
Female:
Dragonflies and daffodils.
Male:
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
Female:
Learn from us very much.
Male:
And how she gave me life.
Female:
Look at us but do not touch.
Male:
and how she made it in.

Workin' on the railroad all day long
Workin' on the railroad sing this song
Sing about an old love I once knew
Sing about an old love maybe two
Workin' on the railroad
Workin' on the railroad
Work...work...workin' on the...railroad

I drove a hot steel in my time
I drink a lot of stuff they call moonshine
I got me a woman in every town
Workin' on the railroad, never settle down
Workin' on the railroad
Workin' on the railroad
Work...work...workin' on the...railroad

I draw my pay on a Saturday night
Go in town and had start a fight
Love me a woman a laugh and a joke
Workin' on the railroad, always abroke
Workin' on the railroad
Workin' on the railroad
Work...work...workin' on the... railroad

When I die and you bury me
Alongside the tracks where I wanna be
Don't you cry friend just remember this
There ain't much you all 'body miss
Workin' on the railroad
Workin' on the railroad
Work...work...workin' on the...railroad

One night Johnny sang the truth to me
On a northbound train from Nashvile Tennessee
Taught me all the letters in a lam
Sang 'freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

Recieved your invitation to the war
I sent it back so please don't send no more
I'd rather rot in some jail all alone
Singin' "freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

If I have to ride this train a hundred years
And all I drink is my own tears
I'll not kill for you or on my own
Singin' 'freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

Government send politicians too
There's lots of people feel the way we do
A hundred million of us can't be wrong
Singin' 'freedom is where you think it is
But there ain't no train to Stockholm'

Kiss all the pretty ones goodbye
Give everyone a penny that cry
You can throw all my tranquil' pills away
Let my blood pressure go on its way
For my autumn's done come
My autumn's done come. Done come

Let those 'I-don't-care-days' begin
I'm tired of holdin' my stomach in
No more slinky folk dollars for me
I'll take Sears & Roebuck dollars gladly
For my autumn's done come
My autumn's done come. Done come

Bring me water short and scotch tall
A big long black cigar that ain't all
Hang me a hammock between two big trees
Leave me alone, damned! Let me do as I please
For my autumn's done come
My autumn's done come. Done come

Male:
Young woman share your fire with me.
My heart is cold, my soul is free.
I am a stranger in your land.
A wandering man, call me sand.

Female:
Oh sir my fire is very small.
It will not warm thy heart at all.
But thee may take me by the hand.
Hold me and I'll call thee sand

Male:
Young woman share your fire with me.
My heart is cold, my soul is free.
I am a stranger in your land.
A wandering man, call me sand.

Female:
At night when stars light up the sky.
Oh sir I dream my fire is high.
Oh taste these lips sir if you can.
Wandering man, I call thee sand.

Female:
Oh sir my fire is burning high.
If it should stop sir I would die.
A shooting star has crossed my land.
Wandering man.

Male
She whispered sand.

Female:
(Whispers) Sand.

Male:
Young woman shared her fire with me.
Now warms herself with memory.
I was a stranger in her land.
A wandering man, she called me sand.

Female:
He was a stranger in my land.
A wandering man.

Male:
She called me sand

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.

Male:
I walked in town on silver spurs that jingled to.
A song that I had only sang to just a few.
She saw my silver spurs and said let's pass some time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.
Take off your silver spurs and and help me pass the time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Male:
My eyes grew heavy and my lips they could not speak.
I tried to get up but I couldn't find my feet.
She reassured me with an unfamiliar line.
And then she gave to me more summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.
Take off your silver spurs and and help me pass the time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Mmm-mm summer wine.

Male:
When I woke up the sun was shining in my eyes.
My silver spurs were gone, my head felt twice its size.
She took my silver spurs, a dollar and a dime.
And left me cravin' for more summer wine.
Ohh-oh-oh summer wine.

Female:
Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring.
My summer wine is really made from all these things.
Take off your silver spurs and and help me pass the time.
And I will give to you summer wine.
Mmm-mm summer wine

She came running down the highway, naked as the sun
Said she are you going my way poet, fool or bum
Red hair had she, saw right through me, but what could she see?
A poet? No, A fool? I hope not. A bum?
No.....I'm only me

When her left hand touched the water fire and smoke did come
Laughing like some virgin's daughter, said she run for run.
Freedom sleeps in caves where dreams are just in dreams we're free
A poet? No, A fool? I hope not. A bum?
No.....I'm only me

Interlude with humming:
Lee says something here I can't understand

Put her cruel lips to a bottle, label Christmas Day
Said she everyday is Christmas, drink some while you may.
Touched the bottle, broke into the cross of calvary
A poet? No, A fool? I hope not. A bum?
No.....I'm only me

Then she gave me toy soldiers, bright and shiny new.
Take them, said she, to the children, they'll know what to do.
Soon their games of madness will become reality
A poet? No, A fool? I hope not. A bum?
No.....I'm only me

Said she'd take me to the morning rains my soul's on fire
I said morning rains I've heard will wash away desire
She grew angry wings and left in circled finity
A poet? No, A fool? I hope not. A bum?
No.....I'm only me
No.....I'm only me
No.....I'm only me

Heaven is my woman's love
Gently rising with the sun
She gives me cause to face the day
And brings me joy when day is done

Heaven is my woman's love
Heaven is the way I live
She gives me all the love she can
And then somehow finds more to give

And when I see her in the mornin' light
I feel the same as in the dark of night
She is my everything and I'm proud of
The heaven of my woman's love

Heaven is my woman's love
Gently reaching out for me
All she wants is what I am
Searchin' not for what I'll be

Heaven is my woman's love
Happiness is what she gives
As long as she's with me I'll find
Heaven every day I live

And when I see her in the mornin' light
I feel the same as in the dark of night
She is my everything and I'm proud of
The heaven of my woman's love

Heaven is my woman's love
Heaven is my woman's love
Heaven is my woman's love
Heaven is my woman's love

Heaven is my woman's love
Heaven is my woman's love
Heaven is my…

Oh Kari I'm coming home
Oh Kari I'm coming home
Gatorade and lemonade
And lying naked in the shade
Pretending that I got it made by than
Sniff and stuff and dip and snuff
Till I think I have enough
And then I gonna get up if I can
Oh Kari I'm coming home
Oh Kari I'm coming home

The sky is green and in between
Somebody says the water's clean
But I bet's just a dream by
The President is popping pilles
And paying all the old folks' bills
And wearing a silver spoon around his neck
Oh Kari I'm coming home
Oh Kari I'm coming home

An evil eye from the FBI
Came walking by and caught my eye
And I told him carefully buddy I am James Bond (don't show)
He caught my bluff and took my stuff
And hit me till he'd had enough
And took me to a place I'm not fond of
Oh Kari I won't be home
Oh Kari I won't be home

She'll be thirty two in July
And she's only known one man
A blue-eyed talker name of Hawkeye
Sometimes he sold pots and pans
He came to her house late one summer
When she was ripe and twenty two
He stayed awhile with her that summer
And if he left we never knew

And he called her Dolly
And he called her Dolly
And he called....
Called her Dolly

She hasn't spoken since that summer
Her hair has turned a silver grey
Her eyes turned yellow like the roses
She weeds and waters everyday
And people come to buy the roses
But sell them one she will not do
She sits there in her six foot garden
And counts the roses two-by-two

And he called her Dolly
And he called her Dolly
And he called....
Called her Dolly

One day a man came by to see her
He said he was Hawkeye's best friend
He wondered had she'd seen old Hawkeye
Her yellows eyes smiled up at him
She turned and walked down to her garden
And picked two roses of her choice
And when she gave them to the stranger
He thought he heard old Hawkeye's voice

And he called her Dolly
And he called her Dolly
And he called....
Called her Dolly