A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A HARD-WORKING MAN'S LIFE
I lease the backing-tracks of my songs. I will provide you with the authorization to enable you to sell your recordings on a CD or via DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
Conta
Lyrics
I WAS DOWN IN ALABAMA NINETEEN NINETY-TWO, MOBILE TO BE PRECISE
WORKING ON THE "STRING OF PEARLS INITIATIVE", PEOPLE WERE OH SO NICE,
I WAS BREAKING ROCKS AND MY BACK IT WAS REAL HARD WORK
'BOUT THE TIME OF MARDI GRAS,
WHEN A PRETTY LITTLE LADY SAID "MY OH MY BABY, I LOVE A MAN WHO WORKS SO HARD"
IT SEEMS THAT ALABAMA MAMMA AND MY STEEL-DRIVING HAMMER TOGETHER WERE DYNAMITE,
AND THE SOUTHERN COMFORT SHE OFFERED ME
IT FELT REAL GOOD EACH NIGHT,
YEAH MY ALABAMA MAMMA LOVED MY STEEL-DRIVING HAMMER
THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME EV'RY DAY
MY ALABAMA MAMMA LOVED MY STEEL-DRIVING HAMMER
SO MUCH I HAD TO GET AWAY
SO I MOVED ON UP TO BIRMINGHAM, THE MAGIC CITY
WORKED THAT RAILROAD LINE
THEN I TOOK MYSELF REPAIRNG ALL THE CRACKED UP LANES
ON INTERSTATE FIFTY-NINE
I TELL YA WORKING NIGHT AND DAY TOOK ALL MY STRENGTH AWAY
MAN I COULDA SLEPT A WEEK
BUT A PRETTY LITTLE VOICE SAID "YOU AIN'T GOT NO CHOICE
YA GOT ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED"
* "STRING OF PEARLS INITIATIVE" WAS A MAJOR REBUILDING PROGRAM
IN MOBILE IN EARLY 1990's
Comments
The artist currently doesn't allow comments.
