Tough Mama — текст песни (The Band)

D Bm A
Tough Mama, meat shaking on your bones
D Bm A
I`m gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
Bm A
Papa`s on the highway with that steel driving crew
Bm F#m Em G
Sister`s in the big house her working days are through
C G A
Tough Mama, can I blow a little smoke on you?

Dark Beauty, Won`t you move it on over and make some room?
It`s my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
You came through it all the way, flyin` through the skies.
Dark Beauty With that long night`s journey in your eyes.

Sweet Goddess, born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
Now, don`t be modest, you know who you are and where you`ve been.
Jack the Cowboy went up north He`s buried in your past.
The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast.
Sweet Goddess Your perfect stranger`s comin` in at last.

Silver Angel, with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
I`d be grateful if this golden ring you would receive. Today on the
countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch, I stood alone upon the ridge
and all I did was watch. Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another
notch.

I`m crestfallen, the world of illusion is at my door,
I ain`t haulin` any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
The prison walls are crumblin`, there is no end in sight,
I`ve gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
Dark Beauty Meet me at the border late tonight.