Hungarian Rhapsody No. II - Robert Wells

Hark the voice of Jesus calling come and work for him today The fields are white and the harvest falling come and work for him today You've got to walk that lonesome valley you've got to go there by yourself There's no one here can go there with you you've got to go there by yourself [ Steel ] My mother told me when she was dying just before her breath was gone My darling one put trust in Jesus for I'll leave you here alone You've got to walk... [ Steel ] Some people say he was a Baptist others say he was a Jew But the Holy Bible tells us that he was a preacher too You've got to walk...

My old man never farmed, he never worked in a mine But he's worked his hands down to the bone And the pennies he saved kept the bills halfway paid But now his body is three quarters gone My Mama's never had a drink in her whole life Never saw too much in it that's good And given half a chance, if you told her you can't She'd say "Honey, if ya can't, ya never could" Well, it's good 'til it's over It's a shame that it's over so soon But you pay life the debt that you owe her 'Til the sun gives way to the moon And try as I can to make right and understand, I just need more time Well my brother chose a road a little harder than most But he's turned out pretty damn good And Jenny never made a grade that wasn't A Always tried just as hard as she could Well, it's good 'til it's over It's a shame that it's over so soon But you pay life the debt that you owe her 'Til the sun gives way to the moon And try as I can to make right and understand, I just need more time I just need more time Well, it's good 'til it's over It's a shame that it's over so soon But you pay life the debt that you owe her 'Til the sun gives way to the moon And try as I can to make right and understand, I just need more time I just need more time

It's a nasty way of living sometimes When my jar ain't holding a single dime But my glass is holding the last thing I wanna do I'm gonna drink every dime I make tonight And I'll die just to get a room It's a bad bad business, this trying to forget you Well, our souls are a little older But you can't tell we learned a thing If there's twelve that got invited, were thirteen We're that last ones to know its over And the first ones to have to beg We're the dog that crawled for miles on broken legs We're the dregs I've pawned everything I've ever owned Just to drive eight hours to this bar-room show And to play these songs and pray for a friendly face It ain't easy acting like it ain't personal And the band asked me not to curse no more So I'll sing all the sad ones, and lean on the mad ones, okay? Well, our souls are a little older But you can't tell we learned a thing If there's twelve that got invited, were thirteen We're that last ones to know its over And the first ones to have to beg We're the dog that crawled for miles on broken legs We're the dregs Now the parking lot is an old ghost-town No evidence anyone has ever been around Except a handful of gravel and a half-pint of something mean So I'll retreat somewhere and cover my wounds And pray to God that the checkout's noon If there's any luck left, it'll be halfway clean Well, our souls are a little older But you can't tell we learned a thing If there's twelve that got invited, were thirteen We're that last ones to know its over And the first ones to have to beg We're the dog that crawled for miles on broken legs We're the dregs We're the dregs We're the dregs We're the dregs

I thought I did good, but you be the judge I closed that door and bit back the grudge Like a worn-out coat in the pourin' rain I'll take what I can to knock back the pain You can hate me, Lord, for all my sinnin' But I swear to God, I'm going down grinnin' I'll pass a paved road, wherever it goes Give me a destination that nobody knows I'll go poor and I'll go young By the battered beat of a beat-down drum You can hate me, Lord, for all my sinnin' But I swear to God, I'm going down grinnin' If a needle in a haystack is the only chance I'll have You can burn it to the ground for all I care And take what's left behind of my self and throw it all away I ain't leavin' Til I'm done There's a moral here, but it slipped my mind Like a misspent youth, I left it behind A few years older, the more I've learned You can wait in line and never get a turn But I won't sit and wait for the ending I swear to God, I'm going down grinnin' If a needle in a haystack is the only chance I'll have You can burn it to the ground for all I care And take what's left behind of my self and throw it all away I ain't leavin' Til I'm done I ain't leavin' Til I'm done If a needle in a haystack is the only chance I'll have You can burn it to the ground for all I care And take what's left behind of my self and throw it all away I ain't leavin' Til I'm done I ain't leavin' Til I'm done I ain't leavin' Til I'm done

There is a small town in a southern state Where folks go when they're trying to get away Where there is no one around you to hear your heart break When you're lonely And years ago, you know, a man came here He was running from a memory held dear From a time when home seemed almost near And things were better And it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain And our heads hang low, we're just looking for someone to blame Well you can rob a man of his silver and his gold And his body and mind, and his will to grow old But she robbed him of his heart and left him in the cold In the winter But he wasn't clean himself, see, he took her lover's life After the other man had gone and taken his wife And it's a damn shame the stranger had to die But he did And it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain And our heads hang low, we're just looking for someone to blame Now the people came, and they hanged him long ago And he's buried in a place where everybody knows And the clouds are still even when the wind blows But still no rain And it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain And our heads hang low, we're just looking for someone to blame But it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain