The song came and went Like the times that we spent Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent I laughed and she’d smile It would last for awhile You don’t know what you got ’till you lose it all again Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the music on the lake Listen…
 
Sometimes I lead sometimes I follow This time I’ll go where she wants me to go She said maybe today maybe tomorrow Go deep in the woods down the low valley road While no one was lookin on the old plantation He took her all the way down the long valley road They sent her…
 
Standing in line marking time Waiting for the welfare dime ‘Cause they can’t buy a job The man in a silk suit hurries by As he catches the poor old lady’s eyes Just for fun he says: Get a job That’s just the way it is Some things will never change That’s just the way…