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