Testo Another Delta Dawn

Testo Another Delta Dawn

HOT MISSOURI DELTA DAWN IT'S JULY 1931 IF I HAD SHOES I'D PUT THEM ON TODAY DADDY'S HIDING FROM THE MAN THERE'S MONEY IN THE COFFEE CAN SAYS IF I NEED MORE, HE KNOWS I'LL FIND A WAY MAMA, SHE CAN'T SLEEP AT ALL THEM NOISY FOLK ALONG THE HALL KNOW I'M NOT BIG ENOUGH TO SORT IT OUT WILL IT ALWAYS BE LIKE THIS SHE GOT HER STORY, HE'S GOT HIS AND I'M LIVING IN THIS 3 STORY HOUSE GREYHOUND DEPOT, ALMOST NOON ELEVEN FIFTY'S LEAVING SOON DADDY'S BY THE WINDOW BLOWING KISSES MAMA SAYS ENOUGH'S ENOUGH IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO QUIT THIS STUFF DADDY STARTS TO CRY AND SAYS HE'LL MISS US I WRITE HIM EVERY CHANCE I GET BUT I AIN?T HAD NO ANSWERS YET I GUESS HE COULD GIVE A DAMN WHAT I?M ABOUT THEY SAY YOU GET ALL YOU DESERVE HE GOT HIS STORY, SHE'S GOT HERS AND I'M LIVING IN THIS 3 STORY HOUSE IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG JUST ANOTHER DELTA DAWN HAZY EVENING DELTA SUN MAMA SAYS NOW DADDY'S GONE I'M SUPPOSED TO SET A FINE EXAMPLE BUT THE BITTERNESS KEEPS FLOODING BACK MAMA CALLS IT TIT FOR TAT SAYS WE'RE GIVEN AS MUCH JOY AS WE CAN HANDLE WE'LL GET BY, WE ALWAYS DO AND WHATEVER DADDY'S GOING THROUGH I KNOW HE'LL FIND THE STRENGTH TO WORK IT OUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER HILL TO CLIMB THEY'VE GOT THEIR STORIES, I'VE GOT MINE AND I'M LIVING IN THAT 3 STORY HOUSE IT'S THE SAME OLD THING IT'S JUST ANOTHER BELL TO RING IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG JUST ANOTHER DELTA DAWN
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