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Lay Me In My Grave [Take 3]

from Bootleg Sessions VIII by Bootleg Slim

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Recorded live directly to two microphones in Grenoble, France.
10th March 2018

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My sweetheart ran away
just as soon got married
my hands begin to shake
when I am filled with sadness
I drank a quart of whisky
I forget what happened
when I awoke it was a clear blue day
you might as well have laid me in my grave

I struck a match
it was snuffed in the wind
in the crosstown traffic
my head begins to spin
I jumped in the river
to wash away my sins
I put my shirt back on it was dirty the same
you might as well have laid me in my grave

I'll hustle up a fare
catch a train and ride
no-one in front of me
nothing behind
I laid my cards down
choked on the dice
nothing more to waste
but precious time

I picked up my shovel
no work at the levee
I started to sing
but my chest was so heavy
the bordello ladies
tried to tempt me
but I didn't have a single penny to my name
you might as well have laid me in my grave

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from Bootleg Sessions VIII, released March 10, 2018
Words and music written by Bootleg Slim

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