Verse 1This Shack Is Falling InAnd Your Wrists Are Getting ThinSweetheart You Don’t DeserveThe Kinda Life I Put You InBut Its Hard To Draw A PayWhen My Papers Always SayThat I Took A Loaf Of BreadFrom The Grocery Store One DayFor My Time Behind BarsYou Have To Wear The ScarsWhen People Down The RoadDrive Ten Thousand Dollar CarsChorusIt’s A Long, Long Hard WayTo The East Colorado DamIf I Make It To St. LouisI’ll Send You A TelegramIf I Don’t Make It At AllYou’ll Know Why I Didn’t CallJust Kiss The Baby For MeAnd Come See My Grave Next FallVerse 2The Weather’s Getting WarmerAnd The Baby’s Coming SoonI’ll Try To Find Some WorkTo Carry Us Through To JuneBut Everywhere’s The SameWhen You’re A Man Without A NameThey’ll Make You Feel So UselessAnd Wonder Why You CameIf A Soul Searching BeggarIs What I Was Meant To BeI’d Rather Rot Behind The WallsOf Your PenitentiaryChorusIt’s A Long, Long Hard WayTo The East Colorado DamIf I Make It To St. LouisI’ll Send You A TelegramIf I Don’t Make It At AllYou’ll Know Why I Didn’t CallJust Kiss The Baby For MeAnd Come See My Grave Next FallVerse 3You Say You Love Me NowLike You Always Did BeforeAnd I Love You Just As WellI Just Can’t Keep You Down No MoreI’ll Be Leaving In The MorningIf The Weather Is Bad Or GoodAnd Let You Find A Man Who’ll Give YouAll The Things I Never CouldBut I’ll Never UnderstandAs Long As I LiveThat We Can Talk Of Love Thy NeighborAnd Never Can ForgiveChorusIt’s A Long, Long Hard WayTo The East Colorado DamIf I Make It To St. LouisI’ll Send You A TelegramIf I Don’t Make It At AllYou’ll Know Why I Didn’t CallJust Kiss The Baby For MeAnd Come See My Grave Next Fall
