Capo on 1st fret Boys workin on empty Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby Im so full of love I could barely eat Theres nothing sweeter than my baby I never want once from the cherry tree Cause my babys sweet as can be She give me toothaches just from kissin me When, my, time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down Ill crawl home to her Thats when my baby found me I was three days on a drunken sin I woke with her walls around me Nothin in her room but an empty crib And I was burnin up a fever I didnt care much how long I lived But I swear I thought I dreamed her She never asked me once about the wrong I did When, my, time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down Ill crawl home to her When, my, time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down Ill crawl home to her My baby never fret none About what my hands and my body done If the Lord dont forgive me Id still have my baby and my babe would have me When I was kissing on my baby And she put her love down soft and sweet In the lowland plot I was free Heaven and hell were words to me When, my, time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down Ill crawl home to her When, my, time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down Ill crawl home to her |