Bad Half Hour / Annie Laurie

歌詞

Wonder why I feel so restless Moon is shinin' still and bright Cattle all are restin' easy But I just can't sleep tonight Ain't no cactus in my blankets Don't know why they feel so hard 'Less it's Warblin' Jim a-singin' "Annie Laurie" out on guard "Annie Laurie", I wish he'd quit it Couldn't sleep now if I tried Makes the night feel big and lonesome And my throat feels sore inside How my Annie used to sing it And it sounded good and gay Nights I drove her home from dances When the east was turnin' gray Yes, her brow t'was like the snowdrift And her eyes like quiet streams And her face, I still can see it Much too frequent in my dreams And her hand was soft and trembling That night underneath the tree When I couldn't help but tell her She was "all the world to me" But her folks says I was shif'less Wild, unsettled, they's right For I leaned to punchin' cattle Lord, I'm at it still tonight And she married young Doc Wilkins My Lord, but that was hard Wish that fool would quit his singin' "Annie Laurie" out on guard Oh I just can't stand it thinkin' Of the things that happened then Good old times, they're all apast me Never seem to come again My turn? Sure, I'll come a-runnin' Just warm me up some coffee, pard And I'll stop that Jim from singin' "Annie Laurie" out on guard Give me her promise true And ne'r forget will I And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and die