(HARP & GUITAR INTRO)
well I sure take it with me wherever I go
and you might like to see it but it never does show
like a wind in the valley that never does blow
like the grass in the back that you never did mow
it`s a black sky formin` on the ridge
it`s a woman waitin` standin` on the bridge
it`s the price that you pay for walkin` on the ledge
it`s everything you do and nothin` that you did
(HARP & GUITAR DITTY)
well you might see me drivin` in the wrong side of town
and you might see me shinin` when the rain`s comin` down
like a diamond that`s hidin` in the lost and found
like a coon that`s runnin` from a red bone hound
it`s a black sky formin` on the ridge
it`s a woman waitin` standin` on the bridge
it`s the price that you pay for walkin` on the ledge
it`s everything you do and nothin` that you did
(HARP & GUITAR DITTY)
well the wood keeps burnin` in the old wood stove
and the cows keep goin` where they done been drove
and a light keeps glowin` in a dead man`s cove
and a loom keeps spinnin` where the weave gets wove
it`s a black sky formin` on the ridge
it`s a woman waitin` standin` on the bridge
it`s the price that you pay for walkin` on the ledge
it`s everything you do and nothin` that you did