Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills
Summer was a-comin’ in but fast
Lots of daffodils were showing off their stills
Riding home together, I could almost hear them whisper
“Go on, kiss her! Go on and kiss her!”
If I had to choose one moment
To live within my heart
It would be that tender moment
Recalling how we started
Darling, it would be
When you smiled at me
That way, that Sunday, that summer
Here we are (Bye, baby, goodbye)
Saying goodbye at the station (Bye, baby, goodbye)
Summer vacation (Bye, baby, bye, baby)
Is taking you away (Bye, baby, goodbye)
Have a good time, but remember
There is danger in the summer moon above
Will I see you in September
Or lose you to a summer love?
Well, I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Yeah, I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Woah, it’s hard to tell, it’s hard to tell
When all your love’s in vain
Big mama Lulu Belle - she had a nervous breakdown
(She had a nervous breakdown)
Leroy’s taken her honey child away
But she met him down at the station (ooo-hoo)
Put a shotgun to his head, and, unless I be mistaken
This is what she said
“Big bad big boy, big bad Leroy Brown
I’m gonna get that cutie pie”
Now Leroy he a gambler
And he like his fancy clothes
And he like to wave his diamond rings
In front of everybody’s nose
He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe
And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Tell Automatic Slim
Tell Razor Totin’ Jim
Tell Butcher Knife Totin’ Annie
Tell Fast Talking Fanny
We gonna pitch a ball
A down to that union hall
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God’s gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God’s gonna cut 'em down
Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It was getting kind of long
I could have said it was in my way
But I didn’t and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
And I feel like I owe it to someone
Heads are hanging from the garbageman trees
Mouthwash, jukebox, gasoline
Pistols are pointing at a poor man’s pockets
Smiling eyes ripping out of his sockets
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
I would have given you all of my heart
But there’s someone who’s torn it apart
And she’s taken just all that I had
But if you want, I’ll try to love again
Baby, I’ll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she’s cursed
When it come to loving me, she’s worst
I came to you when no one could hear me
I’m sick and weary of being alone
Empty streets and hungry faces
The world’s no place when you’re on your own
A heart needs a home