Lonesome, On’ry and Mean

Lyrics:

• On a Greyhound bus
• Lord, I'm traveling this morning
• I'm goin' to Shreveport and down to New Orleans
• Been travelin' these highways
• Been doin' things my way
• It's been making me lonesome, on'ry and mean
• Now her hair was jet black
• And her name was Codene
• She thought she was the queen of the Basin Street Queens
• She got tired of that smokey-wine dream
• Began to feel lonesome, on'ry and mean
• We got together, and we cashed in our sweeps
• Gave 'em to a beggar who was mumbling through the streets
• There's no escaping from his snowy white dreams
• Born lookin' lonesome, on'ry and mean
• Now I'm down in this valley
• Where the wheels turn so low
• At dawn I pray to the Lord of my soul
• I say do Lord, do right by me
• You know I'm tired of being lonesome, on'ry and mean