I was standin' by the rivah, watchin' my bridge buoin dowin I was standin' by the rivah, watchin' my bridge buoin dowin 'cause I deed a bayid thin' an I'm payin' fo it all right nowh yeah I deed a bayid thin' an I'm payin' fo it all right nowh
hey thayer doctuh, tayl me whutchoo you see 'cause I got a bayd disease, I'm in need of yo' remedy an' I bin aychin frumma heyid to mah toes yeah I bin aychin so much that I juss don'(t) ache no mowah
But there is a one theeng that I needja tuh see 'cause you ain't-a-nevah met a mayin (as) sssick as me
Hey mista bah-tindah, see mah trembalin' hayinds You know I need a dreenk an' I need it so got-tamn bayid 'coz I don'-know, Lo(r)hdy whut I juss dunn You got me burnin' like a fox trot rebel undah tha sun
An' now ahm a shakeen' frum all mah miseree 'cause you ain't-a-nevah met a mayin as ruong as meee And-a-no-no-no, I don'(t) lie 'cause I wuz takin' oveh by th-devil lasss niyeet And-a-no-no-no, when he come 'roun(d) I do bayid theens an I'm payin' fo 'em all right nowh
Hay mistah jud(ge), you go an' lock me up 'cause I('ve) beeyin a theenkin-theens that I should-n('t) be-a theenkin' uhv Go an' hide-jah daughtuhs, go an' hide-jah wi(ves) <> (Go an' hide-jah bruthuhs, go an' hide-jah knives) <>
You got me-uh creepin' though the dah(r)k in tha middle uhv tha lonely ni-eeght
Oh you bettah lock yoh doah, an' throw away thah key 'cause you ain't-a-nevah met a mayin as guilty as meee And-a-no-no-no, I don'(t) lie 'cause I wuz takin' oveh by th-devil lasss niyeet And-a-no-no-no, when he come 'roun(d) I do bayid theens an I'm payin' fo 'em all right nowh
And-a-no-no-no, I don'(t) lie 'cause I wuz takin' oveh by th-devil lasss niyeet And-a-no-no-no, when he come 'roun(d) I do bayid theens an I'm payin' fo 'em all right nowh
I was standin' by the rivah, watchin' my bridge buoin dowin I was standin' by the rivah, watchin' my bridge buoin dowin 'cause I deed a bayid thin' an I'm payin' fo it all right nowh yeah I deed a bayid thin' an I'm payin' fo it all right nowh