(Tom T. Hall)

'69 Newkeys Music 

You know George I was just layin' here thinking about me being blind and all

alone

Old timer if you weren't here to guide me I'd be lost and they'd never find my

bones

I just came here to the North Woods for some thinking

And you know a man just get to rest once in a while

And I'm really glad you came along to guide me

It seems to me we walked a hundred miles

You know how much I've always liked this cabin it's quiet and I get a chance to

think

I just can't figure things out in the city the bars are there and you know

how I

drink

You know George I made a fortune in the big town

Why my name was on the city limit sign

And then fate laid her heavy hands upon me

And brought the accident that left me blind

[ piano ]

Old buddy you know how that woman did me I guess you knew her better than I

did

George I guess you knew how much it hurt me

The day that old judge gave her both my kids

But she said she wouldn't care if I's to drop dead

With all that insurance I don't guess she would

Most people think the wilderness is quiet

Would you listen to the wolves out in the woods

Well tomorrow when I'll leave here I'll be a changed man

I'm gonna ride those trains when they yell all aboard

You spent a lotta t