I up on The Battery on a Charleston Friday night With my dirt-stained Corduroys and Balances up by my side I said goodbye to my company, then I shook it on down the Sometimes I get a little lonely, and wish I left her behind
(Chorus:) 'Cause every highway bears a bright sign, posted on the of a roaring world And every passerby rolls back again, and in the end, you get you're looking for So give me my good friends, And a good hearted woman Just give me some high to fall back on Sometimes I might need a cool drink and the good Lord to me I will be found, then I will be found
Ran out of gas on the freeway, 'bout a quarter from Abilene That Texas sun just-a in the sky, smiling on me A stranger stopped named Casey, said he's a friend of a friend of He said, "It shore is a small world." I said, "It suits me fine."
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Well put me in a jail cell before a race in Bristol, Tennessee Don't you go to Sully County if you want to be But there are two ways you can take things, you can make them or keep them wrong So I kept my mouth closed and played Dominoes the judge sent me home
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So just me my good friends And a good woman Just give me some times to fall back on I might need a strong drink And the good to save me Then I will be found, I will be