Ramblin’, Scramblin’ Jerry Jeff Walker

Ramblin', Scramblin'
Tryin' to get my mind untangled....
Ain't never seen nothin' in the whole wide world
That give more trouble than to try 'n love a girl

Like most everybody I've had bad luck, you know I've been down and out and didn't have a buck
I've been hired and fired and loved and mistrusted and three or four women left me busted
Took my money...Took my lovin...Took my toothpaste too

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First went ramblin a few years ago, some fool woman she tried to tell me no
I had an ol' leather bag it wasn't even mine, I had a heart full of sorrow and a tangled up mind
She done it...She kept squezzing toothpaste in my ear...She said I couldn't leave
Took 3 or 4 steps backwards and gave her a dropkick right in the crotch
Her eyes lit up and said oh your leaving...yeah

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Yeah I headed for New Orleans Louisiana and all night drinkin and jazz piano
That music in the air will set your toes a tappin but those hustlin women sent me a packin
Lickity split...I split
Met a gal down there said she came from way out west, said she could roll a cigarette with just one hand
She proved it...she rolled me with the other

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