1.I need a job I need a vacation
I need some money I got bills to pay
But I won’t whine no I won’t worry
I won’t give up because I got you baby

C.Oh, when everything goes wrong
You make it alright
Oh, when everything goes wrong
You make it alright

2.I had a car, I had investments
My car blew up, my stocks are way, way down
That’s OK, I’ll ride the subway
I’m never poor because you’re still around

Repeat Chorus

B.When I’m down
Girl you lift me up every night
Oh when I touch you
I get high

Repeat 1st verse

Repeat Chorus

(Intro)

1.From Cypress trees above
Spanish moss is hanging down
I cut off the motor
And I row without a sound
Slippin’ through the darkness
Girl I’ve come for you
I don’t care if it’s crazy
I don’t care if it’s wrong
I just know I gotta have you
Before the night is gone

C.Bayou girl you’re so fine
A wild orchid bloomin’ in the pale moonlight
Make my heart pound
Dance me down
Bayou girl

2.Your Daddy’s huntin’ gators
Your brother’s up in jail
Your momma kinda likes me
I bet you she don’t tell
She knows about young lovers
She was young one time too
Come on the time is right
the stars are shining bright
Ratydids and fiddle fill the night

Repeat Chorus

1.When we got married
We were so much in love we were just kids
Nothing seemed to matter then
Just you and me and that old trailor we lived in

2.You started to carry
You were only a child when you had your first kid
Though it made our love grow stronger
I couldn’t help but feel the world was closing in

C.I’ve seen a lot of people die and it looks easy
It’s getting easier to hate you all the time
Baby’s crying to herself, but no one’s listening
I think our love was poisoned at the well

3.I started drinking
There were no jobs and I couldn’t win
So we took our dreams and shattered them
Now I’m left out in the wilderness again

repeat Chorus

C.I tried everything, pretty dumb
It doesn’t matter
Hold the tiger by the tail
I really loved you, you didn’t care
I dragged out this broken heart
‘Cause I still miss someone today

2.So many women, too many times
I’m goin’ downtown anyway
Just in case you change your mind
Tell me a secret and a whole pack of lies
I won’t believe anyway
You can tell me I can still try

Repeat Chorus

He was standing on the corner like a five foot ten inch stray dog
I got the feeling all he owned was just a suitcase in his hand and that guitar
His old ford gave up the ghost outside of town it never got him very far
He tossed a paper coffee cup on to the sidewalk and walked into the bar

He said I play this guitar and I sing some all right
And I’m just looking for a joint that has cold beer and a place to plug my amp in tonight
I once was a star but this is now that was then
And I still look to play my music for the folks it makes me feel young again

That night we let him set up in the corner and set him up with beer
When he played the people danced I’ve never seen it quite so lively in here
Then he sang some sad familiar song I hadn’t heard in years
And on the faces of some people at the bar in their eyes were tears

He said I play this guitar and I sing some all right
And I’m just looking for a joint that has cold beer and a place to plug my amp in tonight
I once was a star but this is now that was then
And I still look to play my music for the folks it makes me feel young again

Solo

I play this guitar and I sing some all right
And I’m just looking for a joint that has cold beer and a place to crank my amp up tonight
I once was a star but this is now that was then
And I still look to play my music for the folks it makes me feel young again

Oh I look to play my music for the folks it makes me feel young again

He was standing on the corner like a five foot ten inch stray dog