I can’t stand to see a good man go to waste
One who never combs his hair or shaves his face
A man who leans on wine over love that’s told a lie
Oh it tears me up to see a grown man cry
You looked for work and money
And you walked a rugged mile
You looked for work and money
And you walked a rugged mile
Your children are so hungry
That they don’t know how to smile
Het England —
try to find the original 1973 or 74 lefty frizzell – that’s the original and better, i think………..Merle Haggard did it too, a year later.
Mama washed and combed and curled my hair
And she painted my eyes and lips then I stepped into
a satin’
dancin’ dress that had a split on the side clean up
to my hip
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin’ back from the lookin’ glass
There stood a woman where a half grown kid
had stood
Creedence Clearwater revival: Long as I can See The Light.
crowd began to cheer it, then Rafferty, the judge
He came up to assist them, but still it wouldn’t budge
And the jockey who was ridin’ it, little John McGee
Was so thoroughly disgusted that he went and had his tea
😉