Come to the door Ma, and the chain I was just passin through, I got caught in the Theres nothing I want, nothin you need say Just let me lay down for a and Ill be on my way
I was no more a kid, when you put me on. the Southern Queen With the police on my back, I fled all the way to New Orleans I fought in the dockyards, and with the money I I the fight was my home, and blood was my trade
Baton Rouge, Ponchitoula, and town Well, they paid me their Ma, and I knocked the men down I did I did, well it came easily Restraint and mercy Ma always strangers to me
I fought Jack Thompson, in a field full of mud The rain poured through the canvas tent,and mixed with our In the I slipped my tongue, over my broken jaw and I stood him, I pounded his bloody body, right the floor Well the rang and rang, and still I kept on and on and on Till I felt my glove leather, slip between his and bone
the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track The women red, the money green, but the were black I fought for the men in their silk suits, to lay down bets I took my good share Ma, ya see I, I have no
Then I took the fix at the state armory, with big McDowell oh, From high in the rafters, I myself fall As raised his arm my stomach twisted. and the sky it went black I stuffed my bag with their good money ma, and I looked back
So understand, in the end Ma, man plays the game If you know me one different, speak out his name Ma, if my voice now, now you dont just open the door, and look into your dark eyes I ask of you nothin, not a kiss, not a smile, Just open the door and let me lay down for a
Now the rain is fallin, my ring fightins done So in the work fields and alleys,ya see I, I take all who If youre a better man me, then come on, and step up to the line, step to the line Show me your money , and out your crime
Now nothin I want Ma, nothin that you need say Just let me lay down for a and Ill be on my way
Tonight in a shipyard, a man draws a circle in the I move to the center, and I take off my I him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, Man no can erase I move to the left, and I strike to the face