Verse 1
This Shack Is Falling In
And Your Wrists Are Getting Thin
Sweetheart You Don’t Deserve
The Kinda Life I Put You In
But Its Hard To Draw A Pay
When My Papers Always Say
That I Took A Loaf Of Bread
From The Grocery Store One Day
For My Time Behind Bars
You Have To Wear The Scars
When People Down The Road
Drive Ten Thousand Dollar Cars
Chorus
It’s A Long, Long Hard Way
To The East Colorado Dam
If I Make It To St. Louis
I’ll Send You A Telegram
If I Don’t Make It At All
You’ll Know Why I Didn’t Call
Just Kiss The Baby For Me
And Come See My Grave Next Fall
Verse 2
The Weather’s Getting Warmer
And The Baby’s Coming Soon
I’ll Try To Find Some Work
To Carry Us Through To June
But Everywhere’s The Same
When You’re A Man Without A Name
They’ll Make You Feel So Useless
And Wonder Why You Came
If A Soul Searching Beggar
Is What I Was Meant To Be
I’d Rather Rot Behind The Walls
Of Your Penitentiary
Chorus
It’s A Long, Long Hard Way
To The East Colorado Dam
If I Make It To St. Louis
I’ll Send You A Telegram
If I Don’t Make It At All
You’ll Know Why I Didn’t Call
Just Kiss The Baby For Me
And Come See My Grave Next Fall
Verse 3
You Say You Love Me Now
Like You Always Did Before
And I Love You Just As Well
I Just Can’t Keep You Down No More
I’ll Be Leaving In The Morning
If The Weather Is Bad Or Good
And Let You Find A Man Who’ll Give You
All The Things I Never Could
But I’ll Never Understand
As Long As I Live
That We Can Talk Of Love Thy Neighbor
And Never Can Forgive
Chorus
It’s A Long, Long Hard Way
To The East Colorado Dam
If I Make It To St. Louis
I’ll Send You A Telegram
If I Don’t Make It At All
You’ll Know Why I Didn’t Call
Just Kiss The Baby For Me
And Come See My Grave Next Fall
