Lay My Body Down

	so I came all the way from Trenton,
	spent a full night at the station,
	in a suitcase made of calico brown
	now I'm almost out of money,
	and I'm sleepy and hungry,
	I wanna lay my body down I don't wanna cause
	trouble,
	I don't need a bath of bubbles,
	just a floorboard for the pavement on
	the ground I'll take a steeple or a stable,
	or a dining room table,
	just to lay my body down
	lay, lay my body down
	so I go back to see my baby,
	since no other place'll take me,
	when I stop to brush my hair back
	with a comb
	and I can almost see our porch light,
	and it's shining like a northern light,
	God how I wanna be home
	to lay, lay my body down
	lay, lay my body down
	but some joke from Albuquerque,
	with some white wine and a turkey,
	come to entertain my girl while I
	was gone
	this bear thinks everything is funny,
	he's got his paws into my honey,
	then he lay her body down
	now just as every schoolyard
	has a teacher,
	every chapel has a preacher,
	every angry man has 6 shells
	to a round
	I've been an honest man,
	I've walked as straight as I can,
	but I'm gonna lay his body down
	lay, lay his body down